Converted m4, bison, less, groff, textutils, sed, flex, binutils, fileutils, shellutils, gettext and net-tools to new layout.
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<sect2><title>Contents of M4</title>
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<para>(Last checked against version &m4-contversion;.)</para>
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Converted m4, bison, less, groff, textutils, sed, flex, binutils, fileutils, shellutils, gettext and net-tools to new layout.
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<para>M4 is a macro processor. It copies input to output, expanding
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macros as it goes. Macros are either built-in or user-defined and can
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take any number of arguments. Besides just doing macro expansion, m4
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has built-in functions for including named files, running Unix
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commands, doing integer arithmetic, manipulating text in various ways,
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recursion, etc. The m4 program can be used either as a front-end to a
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compiler or as a macro processor in its own right.</para>
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<para>M4 installs the following:</para>
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<sect3><title>Program Files</title>
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<para>m4</para></sect3>
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</sect2>
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