| include(`setup.m4') | |
| \set_author([René Seindal]) | |
| \set_title([New feaures since version 1.4]) | |
| \divert(1) | |
| \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) |