oz@yunexus.UUCP (Ozan Yigit) (09/23/89)
In article <14501@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> jik@Athena.MIT.EDU (Jonathan I. Kamens) writes: > >In article <836@pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu>, verber@pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu >(Mark A. Verber) writes: >> [Various problems with using cpp for TeX text files.] > >I use the m4 macro preprocessor when I need that functionality for text >files... Yes, I would second that, unless you happen to have Minow's PD Cpp that you can hack to your needs, or one of those partial-cpp jobs that allow selective pre-processing. As of late, CPP is no longer just a pre-processor that can be used anywhere. Standards effort fixed that. >I believe (but I'm not sure) that m4 is freely redistributable >(but not in the public domain, since I think it's Berkeley code) Not BSD m4: it is V7 code. I posted a PD m4 to the net long ago. [Shuffle, move heap of paper, shuffle...] Ah, yes... see comp.sources.unix volume13 under uunet.uu.net and pick up m4/part[01-02]. It does have a man page. oz -- The king: If there's no meaning Usenet: oz@nexus.yorku.ca in it, that saves a world of trouble ......!uunet!utai!yunexus!oz you know, as we needn't try to find any. Bitnet: oz@[yulibra|yuyetti] Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland) Phonet: +1 416 736-5257x3976