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-M4
-!!!M4
-NAME
-SYNOPSIS
-----
!!NAME
+m4 - GNU macro processor
-
-m4 - GNU macro processor
!!SYNOPSIS
+GNU `m4' is an implementation of the traditional UNIX macro processor. It is mostly SVR4 compatible, although it has
+some extensions (for example, handling more than 9 positional parameters to macros). `m4' also has builtin functions for including files, running shell commands, doing arithmetic, etc. Autoconf needs GNU `m4' for generating `configure' scripts, but not for running them.
-GNU `m4' is an implementation of
the traditional UNIX macro
-processor
. It is mostly SVR4 compatible
, although
it has
-some extensions (for example, handling more than 9
-positional parameters to macros)
. `m4'
also has builtin
-functions for including files, running shell commands, doing
-arithmetic, etc. Autoconf needs GNU `
m4' for generating
-`configure' scripts, but not for running them
.
+This manual page was written for
the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page
. Instead
, it has documentation in the GNU Info format
. The manual is
also available in HTML format in the __
m4-doc__ package
.
+----
-This manual page was written
for the Debian distribution
-because the original program does not have a manual page.
-Instead, it has documentation in the GNU Info format. The
-manual is also available in HTML format in the __
m4-doc__
-package
.
-----
+See [ConfigurationScripts]
for some really cool things to do with
m4.
