Re: doc-base control file madness

[Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net>]

On 21 Jan 1999, Ben Gertzfield wrote:

> I've recently looked into the doc-base control file format. It seems
> pretty sane, except I realized since it does not provide for any
> macro expansion, I will have to edit the 8 or 9 doc control files
> libgtk1.1.13-doc (and 1.1.14, and 1.1.15, ad nauseum) provides
> EVERY SINGLE TIME there is a new release.

Can't you use something like m4 as a pre-processor and do macro expansion
that way?

Luck,

Dwarf
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