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+<sect2><title>Contents of M4</title>
+
+<para>Last checked against version &m4-contversion;.</para>
+
+<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>
+
+<para>M4 installs the following:</para>
+
+<sect3><title>Program Files</title>
+<para>m4</para></sect3>
+
+</sect2>