moving from m4

[Xose Manoel Ramos <nospam@thanx>]

Hi!

Before trying `WML' I was using `m4' for my web pages. `m4' is
usefull,  but it becomes very frustrating. Anyway, I had already
written plenty of complex macros (recursive and looping), and I
wanted to still use them.

Under `WML', `m4'  works with quotes disabled. I can only agree with
that choice (that was one of the reasons I gave up `m4'). The problem
is I have plenty of commas (,) inside my macros, so I have to quote
them.

I thought about a `<m4>' tag to surround my macros, but somebody has
already included it before me. (Probably because that was a good
idea).

I just make it more handy:

--------------------------
<define-container m4>
m4_quotes
{: [[s/&lquot;/`/]] [[s/&rquot;/'/]]
%body 
:}
m4_noquotes
</define-container>
-------------------------

I added two entities for (`) and (') if I want to include them in a
macro. There already exist: &#96; and &acute; but with such a name
nobody will ever remember them.

Anyway, I think it should be easier try to migrate my macros to
Meta-HTML. 

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