| include(`setup.m4') |
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| \set_author([René Seindal]) |
| \set_title([New feaures since version 1.4]) |
| |
| \divert(1) |
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| \p(Please look at the \link(news.htm, NEWS) and the \link(changelog.htm, |
| ChangeLog) for all the gory details.) |
| |
| \dl( |
| \dt(\b(GNU m4 uses GNU Automake and GNU Autoconf for configuration.)) |
| |
| \dd(\p(This has been long overdue, and now hit is done thanks to Erick |
| Branderhorst.)) |
| |
| \dt(\b(GNU m4 uses GNU gettext for internationalisation.)) |
| |
| \dd(\p(GNU m4 now speaks several languages. Translations for |
| german, french, italian, japanese, dutch, polish, romenian and swedish |
| have been made.)) |
| |
| \dt(\b(Support for multiple precision arithmetic in eval.)) |
| |
| \dd(\p(If appropriately configured, GNU m4 can now do multiple precision |
| arithmetic in the built in macro 'eval'. If not configured, GNU m4 |
| will use the largest integer available for its calculations.)) |
| |
| \dt(\b(An input syntax table to change how input is parsed.)) |
| |
| \dd(\p(A new build in macro 'changesyntax' allows finer control over how input |
| characters are parsed into input tokens. It is now possible to have |
| several one character quote strings or comment delimiters, to change the |
| format of macro calls, to use active characters like in TeX, and probably |
| most useful, to change what input characters are treated as letters when |
| looking for macro calls.) |
| |
| \p(See the \link(man/m4_7.html#SEC41, manual section) for more details.)) |
| |
| \dt(\b(Support for loadable modules.)) |
| |
| \dd(\p(GNU m4 now has support for dynamic loading of compiled modules at |
| runtime. A module can define any number of new built in macros, which |
| will be indistinguishable from the standard set of built in |
| macros. Modules can also override existing built in macros.) |
| ) |
| |
| \dt(\b(Better control of sync-lines generation.)) |
| |
| \dd(\p(The new built in macro 'syncoutput' allows better control of the |
| generation of sync-lines. They can now be turned on or off at |
| will.)) |
| |
| ) |
| |
| \divert(0)\dnl |
| \DO_LAYOUT([\undivert(1)]) |
| \divert(-1) |
