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WPM4 version 1.0
WordPerfect preprocessor
Copyright 1991 Gordian Knot Software
NOTES as of 12-04-91
WPM4 is a WordPerfect-compatible counterpart to M4, based on the Turbo C
version of Michael Rubenstein's MSDOS M4.
WPM4 supports all features of M4, with the following
exceptions/modifications:
- Input files may be in either ASCII or WP5X format.
- Default output format is WP5X. To produce ASCII output, use the text
switch, -t or /t, anywhere on the command line, e.g.:
wpm4 /t file1 file2
or
WPM4 FILE1 -T FILE2 FILE3
or
wpm4 file1 file2 -t
etc.
- WP5X output is handled as follows:
- If the first input file is in WP5X format, WPM4 will use this
file's header as the WP header for output.
- If the first input file is ASCII, WPM4 will supply a generic
"vanilla" WP5X file header for output.
- WPM4 will strip the file header from subsequent or included
WP5X files.
- All WordPerfect codes are passed literally to output. Any text
embedded within these codes (i.e., headers, footers, footnotes,
tables, text boxes, etc.) will not be scanned for preprocessor
directives.
- As of now, WPM4 does not allow the use of WP codes within macro
define arguments.
DISCLAIMER
This software and documentation are distributed "as is" and without any
express or implied warranties whatsoever as to performance,
merchantability, or fitness for a particular purpose. The user must
assume the entire risk of using the program. The author assumes no
liability for any damage to data or property which may be caused directly
or indirectly by the use or misuse of WPM4.
WPM4 is "freeware." You may copy and distribute it freely, as long as you
do not sell it or alter it in any way.
Comments or suggestions are always welcome. Please send them to:
Lisa Grossman
CIS: 71331,3122
MCI: GORDIAN
Gordian Knot Services, Inc.
201 West 54th Street
Suite 1C
New York, New York 10019
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Thanks are due to Michael Rubenstein, both for the use of his source code
and documentation (without which this project never would have happened),
and for his gracious permission to publish the results in their present
form. Thanks are also due to David Seidman, who badgered me into writing
WPM4 and who, persisting in the face of my procrastination, finally got
me to finish and release it.