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- GNU `m4' is an implementation of the traditional Unix macro
- processor. It is mostly SVR4 compatible, although it has some
- extensions (for example, handling more than 9 positional parameters
- to macros). `m4' also has built-in functions for including files,
- running shell commands, doing arithmetic, etc. Autoconf needs GNU
- `m4' for generating `configure' scripts, but not for running them.
-
- GNU `m4' has been originally written by Rene' Seindal, from Denmark.
- This release is to be considered as stable.
-
- If GNU `m4' is meant to serve GNU `autoconf', beware that `m4'
- should be fully installed *prior to* configuring `autoconf' itself.
-
- 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 file `BACKLOG' for a summary of pending mail and articles.
- See file `COPYING' for copying conditions.
- See file `INSTALL' for compilation and installation instructions.
- See file `NEWS' for a list of major changes in the current release.
- See file `THANKS' for a list of contributors.
-
- By using `./configure --enable-changeword', you get an experimental
- feature which allows for changing the syntax of what is a "word" in
- `m4'. This might go away, so don't count on it yet.
-
- 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. Diffs are welcome, but they only
- describe a solution, from which the problem might be uneasy to infer.
-