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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 | ]>
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7 |
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8 | <sect1 id="ch-system-m4" role="wrap">
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9 | <?dbhtml filename="m4.html"?>
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10 |
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11 | <title>M4-&m4-version;</title>
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12 |
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13 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-m4">
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14 | <primary sortas="a-M4">M4</primary>
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15 | </indexterm>
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16 |
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17 | <sect2 role="package">
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18 | <title/>
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19 |
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20 | <para>The M4 package contains a macro processor.</para>
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21 |
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22 | <segmentedlist>
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23 | <segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle>
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24 |
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25 | <seglistitem>
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26 | <seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, GCC,
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27 | Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, and Sed</seg>
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28 | </seglistitem>
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29 | </segmentedlist>
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30 |
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31 | </sect2>
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32 |
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33 | <sect2 role="installation">
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34 | <title>Installation of M4</title>
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35 |
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36 | <para os="a">Prepare M4 for compilation:</para>
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37 |
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38 | <screen os="b"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
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39 |
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40 | <para os="c">Compile the package:</para>
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41 |
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42 | <screen os="d"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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43 |
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44 | <para os="e">To test the results, issue:
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45 | <userinput>make check</userinput>.</para>
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46 |
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47 | <para os="f">Install the package:</para>
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48 |
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49 | <screen os="g"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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50 |
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51 | </sect2>
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52 |
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53 | <sect2 id="contents-m4" role="content">
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54 | <title>Contents of M4</title>
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55 |
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56 | <segmentedlist>
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57 | <segtitle>Installed program</segtitle>
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58 |
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59 | <seglistitem>
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60 | <seg>m4</seg>
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61 | </seglistitem>
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62 | </segmentedlist>
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63 |
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64 | <variablelist>
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65 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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66 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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67 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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68 |
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69 | <varlistentry id="m4">
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70 | <term><command>m4</command></term>
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71 | <listitem>
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72 | <para>copies the given files while expanding the macros that they
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73 | contain. These macros are either built-in or user-defined and can
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74 | take any number of arguments. Besides performing macro expansion,
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75 | <command>m4</command> has built-in functions for including named
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76 | files, running Unix commands, performing integer arithmetic,
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77 | manipulating text, recursion, etc. The <command>m4</command>
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78 | program can be used either as a front-end to a compiler or as a
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79 | macro processor in its own right.</para>
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80 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-m4 m4">
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81 | <primary sortas="b-m4">m4</primary>
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82 | </indexterm>
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83 | </listitem>
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84 | </varlistentry>
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85 |
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86 | </variablelist>
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87 |
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88 | </sect2>
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89 |
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90 | </sect1>
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