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diff --git a/doc/examples/WWW/m4lib/features.m4 b/doc/examples/WWW/m4lib/features.m4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..57b68c9e --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/examples/WWW/m4lib/features.m4 @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@ +include(`setup.m4') + +\set_author([René Seindal]) +\set_title([New feaures since version 1.4]) + +\divert(1) + +\p(Please look at the \link(news.htm, NEWS) and the \link(changelog.htm, +ChangeLog) for all the gory details.) + +\dl( +\dt(\b(GNU m4 uses GNU Automake and GNU Autoconf for configuration.)) + +\dd(\p(This has been long overdue, and now hit is done thanks to Erick +Branderhorst.)) + +\dt(\b(GNU m4 uses GNU gettext for internationalisation.)) + +\dd(\p(GNU m4 now speaks several languages. Translations for +german, french, italian, japanese, dutch, polish, romenian and swedish +have been made.)) + +\dt(\b(Support for multiple precision arithmetic in eval.)) + +\dd(\p(If appropriately configured, GNU m4 can now do multiple precision +arithmetic in the built in macro 'eval'. If not configured, GNU m4 +will use the largest integer available for its calculations.)) + +\dt(\b(An input syntax table to change how input is parsed.)) + +\dd(\p(A new build in macro 'changesyntax' allows finer control over how input +characters are parsed into input tokens. It is now possible to have +several one character quote strings or comment delimiters, to change the +format of macro calls, to use active characters like in TeX, and probably +most useful, to change what input characters are treated as letters when +looking for macro calls.) + +\p(See the \link(man/m4_7.html#SEC41, manual section) for more details.)) + +\dt(\b(Support for loadable modules.)) + +\dd(\p(GNU m4 now has support for dynamic loading of compiled modules at +runtime. A module can define any number of new built in macros, which +will be indistinguishable from the standard set of built in +macros. Modules can also override existing built in macros.) +) + +\dt(\b(Better control of sync-lines generation.)) + +\dd(\p(The new built in macro 'syncoutput' allows better control of the +generation of sync-lines. They can now be turned on or off at +will.)) + +) + +\divert(0)\dnl +\DO_LAYOUT([\undivert(1)]) +\divert(-1) |