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From: jik@Athena.MIT.EDU (Jonathan I. Kamens)
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Subject: Re: Need help using /usr/lib/cpp for generic text
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Date: 21 Sep 89 21:22:52 GMT
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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, and I find that it's more convenient for text files, at least
partially because you can do expansions inside quotes and it won't treat
the quoted strings specially.

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).  If it is, you
should be able to ftp to uunet.uu.net and snarf it from the Berkeley
sources that are available there.

Make sure to get a man page too :-)

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