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GNU m4 - Macro processor

An implementation of the traditional UNIX macro processor in that it copies its input to the output, expanding macros as it goes. Macros are either built-in or user-defined and can take any number of arguments. M4 also has built-in functions for including named files, running UNIX commands, doing integer arithmetic, manipulating text in various ways, and recursions.

It can also be used as either a front-end to a compiler or as a macro processor in its own right. It is often used to generate HTML as it can give a consistent look to pages. If GNU `m4' is meant to serve GNU `autoconf', beware that `m4' should be fully installed *prior to* configuring `autoconf' itself.

Obtaining

Web page	http://www.gnu.org/software/m4/m4.html
Source tarball	http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/m4/m4-1.4.1.tar.gz

Version 1.4.1 (stable) released on 2004-06-14

Licensed under The GNU General Public License, Version 2 or later.

This is a GNU package.

Documentation

User reference manual available from http://www.gnu.org/software/m4/manual/m4.html

Support contacts

Announce List	<m4-annouce@sendal.dk>
Announce News	gnu.announce
Developer List	<m4-forum@seindal.dk>
Bug List	<bug-m4@gnu.org>

Project contacts

Maintainers	Rene Seindal <rene@seindal.dk> Gary V. Vaughan <gvv@techie.com> Akim Demaille <akim@epita.fr>
Developers	Rene Seindal <rene@seindal.dk> Francois Pinard <pinard@iro.umontreal.ca> Gary V. Vaughan <gvv@techie.com> Akim Demaille <akim@epita.fr>
Contributors	See for full list

Related information

Interfaces	command line
Source languages	C
Supported languages	HTML

Entry information

License verified by	Janet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org> on 2001-01-31
Entry compiled by	Janet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org>

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