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Changes to m4/doc/m4.texinfo,v
From: |
Eric Blake |
Subject: |
Changes to m4/doc/m4.texinfo,v |
Date: |
Sat, 09 Dec 2006 16:53:28 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /sources/m4
Module name: m4
Changes by: Eric Blake <ericb> 06/12/09 16:53:28
Index: doc/m4.texinfo
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/m4/m4/doc/m4.texinfo,v
retrieving revision 1.81
retrieving revision 1.82
diff -u -b -r1.81 -r1.82
--- doc/m4.texinfo 4 Dec 2006 13:57:22 -0000 1.81
+++ doc/m4.texinfo 9 Dec 2006 16:53:28 -0000 1.82
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@
Originally, the Kernighan and Plauger macro-processor, and then
@code{m3}, formed the engine for the Rational FORTRAN preprocessor,
that is, the @code{Ratfor} equivalent of @code{cpp}. Later, @code{m4}
-was used as a frontend for @code{Ratfor}, @code{C} and @code{Cobol}.
+was used as a front-end for @code{Ratfor}, @code{C} and @code{Cobol}.
Ren@'e Seindal released his implementation of @code{m4}, @acronym{GNU}
@code{m4},
@@ -1403,7 +1403,7 @@
missing optional argument than for an explicit empty string. If there
are too many arguments, the excess arguments are ignored. Unquoted
leading whitespace is stripped off all arguments, but whitespace
-generated by a macro expansion or occuring after a macro that expanded
+generated by a macro expansion or occurring after a macro that expanded
to an empty string remains intact. Whitespace includes space, tab,
newline, carriage return, vertical tab, and formfeed.
@@ -2725,7 +2725,7 @@
examine the implementation. Note that @code{quote} and
@code{dquote_elt} make decisions based on their number of arguments, so
that when called without arguments, they result in nothing instead of a
-quoted empty string; this is so that it is possible to distinquish
+quoted empty string; this is so that it is possible to distinguish
between no arguments and an empty first argument. @code{dquote}, on the
other hand, results in a string no matter what, since it is still
possible to tell whether it was invoked without arguments based on the
@@ -4427,10 +4427,10 @@
divert(`1')`diverted text.'
divert
@result{}
-m4wrap(`Wrapped text preceeds ')
+m4wrap(`Wrapped text precedes ')
@result{}
^D
address@hidden TEXT preceeds diverted text.
address@hidden TEXT precedes diverted text.
@end example
If output is diverted to a negative diversion, it is simply discarded.
@@ -4861,21 +4861,21 @@
@node Standard Modules
@section Standard bundled modules
-GNU @code{m4} ships with several bundled modules as standard. By
-convention these modules define a text macro that can be tested with
address@hidden when they have loaded.
address@hidden @code{m4} ships with several bundled modules as standard.
+By convention these modules define a text macro that can be tested with
address@hidden when they have loaded.
@table @code
@item m4
Provides all of the builtins defined by System V @code{m4}. This module
-is always loaded -- GNU m4 would only be a very slow version of
address@hidden without the builtins supplied by this module.
+is always loaded -- @acronym{GNU} @code{m4} would only be a very slow
+version of @samp{cat} without the builtins supplied by this module.
@item gnu
-Provides all of the GNU extensions, as defined by GNU @code{m4} upto
-release 1.4. In addition to the @samp{__gnu__} text macro, this module
-also defines either @samp{__unix__} or @samp{__windows__} as
-appropriate, and the following:
+Provides all of the @acronym{GNU} extensions, as defined by
address@hidden M4 through the 1.4.x release series. In addition to the
address@hidden text macro, this module also defines either
address@hidden or @samp{__windows__} as appropriate, and the following:
@deffn {Macro (gnu)} __m4_version__
This macro expand to the release version number of the running GNU
- Changes to m4/doc/m4.texinfo,v, Eric Blake, 2006/12/04
- Changes to m4/doc/m4.texinfo,v,
Eric Blake <=
- Changes to m4/doc/m4.texinfo,v, Eric Blake, 2006/12/21
- Changes to m4/doc/m4.texinfo,v, Eric Blake, 2006/12/22
- Changes to m4/doc/m4.texinfo,v, Eric Blake, 2006/12/22
- Changes to m4/doc/m4.texinfo,v, Eric Blake, 2006/12/26
- Changes to m4/doc/m4.texinfo,v, Eric Blake, 2006/12/27