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- This is release 1.1 of GNU m4, a program which copies its input to the
- output, expanding macros as it goes. m4 has built-in functions for
- including named files, running Unix commands, doing integer
- arithmetic, manipulating text in various ways, recursion, etc...
- Macros can also be user-defined, and can take any number of arguments.
-
- Beware there *are* incompatibilities between this GNU m4 release and
- the previous one. GNU m4 lovers will ensure they read the file NEWS.
-
- In the subdirectory `examples' you will find various m4 files, ranging
- from trivial test files to rather advanced macros. If you intend to
- use m4 seriously, you might find useful material down there.
-
- See the file COPYING for copying conditions.
-
- See the file THANKS for a list of contributors.
-
- See the file NEWS for a list of major changes in the current release.
-
- See the file INSTALL for compilation and installation instructions.
-
- Send bug reports to <bug-gnu-utils@prep.ai.mit.edu>. A bug report is
- an adequate description of the problem: your input, what you expected,
- what you got, and why this is wrong. Even if useful, diffs describe a
- solution, I can not always correctly infer the problem from them.
-
- GNU m4 has originally been written by Rene' Seindal, from Denmark.
- Let me express the appreciation received from many GNU m4 users.
-