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Re: doc-base control file madness



>>>>> "Jules" == Jules Bean <jmlb2@hermes.cam.ac.uk> writes:

    Jules> In general, it is IMHO silly to rewrite, yet again, a macro
    Jules> substitution engine into a special purpose piece of
    Jules> software (doc-base) when we already have several good, fast
    Jules> macro substituters (cpp, m4) and a framework from which
    Jules> they can easily be run (debian/rules).

Okay, I guess I have no excuse. I'll just have to learn m4 or use
perl or sed.

Ben

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