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| -rw-r--r-- | man/1/m4 | 12 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -77,9 +77,19 @@ Change quote characters to the first and second arguments. without arguments restores the original values of .BR `\|' . .TP +copydef +The second argument is installed with the value of the macro +named by the first argument, +which may be a built-in macro. +Typically both arguments are quoted to prevent too early expansion. +A macro can be renamed using +.B copydef +followed by +.BR undefine . +.TP define The second argument is installed as the value of the macro -whose name is the first argument. +named by the first argument. When the macro is later called (expanded), each occurrence in the replacement text of .BI $ n, |