Simple pre-processing text

Mark Szidik szidikm@mlcnet.org
Fri, 28 Sep 2001 21:40:04 -0400 (EDT)


Hi Ben,  I noticed a new Email adress for you.  How are things
going for you way out there in CA?

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Mark Szidik
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On 28 Sep 2001, Ben Pfaff wrote:

> Edward Glowacki <glowack2@msu.edu> writes:
>
> > What is the "right way" to include files in-line in a document,
> > i.e. take an input file that contains commands like "<input
> > file='chapter1.xml'>" or "#include 'chapter1.txt'" and generate
> > one large file from all the smaller pieces?  It would be really
> > easy to write in PERL, but I have this feeling that there's a more
> > elegant solution out there already...
>
> You could write the file in m4.  That would give you a lot more
> preprocessing power, too.  (Be sure to use GNU m4's -P option to
> avoid unwanted expansions, though.)  If you *just* want the
> ability to include files, though, write a little Perl program.
> --
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