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diff --git a/appendixa/m4-desc.xml b/appendixa/m4-desc.xml index 48192613d..04136d7a0 100644 --- a/appendixa/m4-desc.xml +++ b/appendixa/m4-desc.xml @@ -6,15 +6,15 @@ <sect3><title>Program file descriptions</title> -<sect4><title>m4</title> -<para>m4 is a macro processor. It copies input to output, expanding macros as it -goes. Macros are either built-in or user-defined and can take any number -of arguments. Besides just doing macro expansion, m4 has built-in functions -for including named files, running Unix commands, doing integer arithmetic, -manipulating text in various ways, recursion, etc. The m4 program can be used either -as a front-end to a compiler or as a macro processor in its own -right.</para></sect4> +<para><command>m4</command> copies the given files +while expanding the macros that it contains. These macros are either built-in +or user-defined and can take any number of arguments. Besides just doing macro +expansion, m4 has built-in functions for including named files, running Unix +commands, doing integer arithmetic, manipulating text in various ways, +recursion, and so on. The m4 program can be used either as a front-end to a +compiler or as a macro processor in its own right.</para> </sect3> </sect2> + |