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@@ -365,11 +365,11 @@ debugging their @code{m4} scripts than doing real work. Beware that
@cindex @acronym{GNU} M4, history of
@code{GPM} was an important ancestor of @code{m4}. See
C. Stratchey: ``A General Purpose Macro generator'', Computer Journal
-8,3 (1965), pp. 225 ff. @code{GPM} is also succinctly described into
+8,3 (1965), pp.@: 225 ff. @code{GPM} is also succinctly described into
David Gries classic ``Compiler Construction for Digital Computers''.
The classic B. Kernighan and P.J. Plauger: ``Software Tools'',
-Addison-Wesley, Inc. (1976) describes and implements a Unix
+Addison-Wesley, Inc.@: (1976) describes and implements a Unix
macro-processor language, which inspired Dennis Ritchie to write
@code{m3}, a macro processor for the AP-3 minicomputer.
@samp{s} flags affect the details of the display. Remember, the
@samp{q} flag is implied when the @option{--debug} option (@option{-d},
@pxref{Debugging options, , Invoking m4}) is used in the command line
-without arguments. Also, @option{--debuglen} (@pxref{Debuglen}) can affect
+without arguments. Also, @option{--debuglen} (@pxref{Debuglen}) can affect
output, by truncating longer strings (but not builtin and module names).
@comment options: -ds -l3
@comment currently enabled?
If no flags are specified with the @option{--debug} option, the default is
-@samp{aeq}. Many examples in this manual show their output using
+@samp{aeq}. Many examples in this manual show their output using
default flags.
@cindex @acronym{GNU} extensions
@cindex @acronym{GNU} extensions
As a @acronym{GNU} extension, @code{eval} supports several operators
-that do not appear in C. A right-associative exponentiation operator
+that do not appear in C@. A right-associative exponentiation operator
@samp{**} computes the value of the left argument raised to the right,
modulo the numeric precision width. If evaluated, the exponent must be
non-negative, and at least one of the arguments must be non-zero, or a
After this macro call, @code{m4} will exit with exit status 1. This macro
is only intended for error exits, since the normal exit procedures are
-not followed, e.g., diverted text is not undiverted, and saved text
+not followed, i.e., diverted text is not undiverted, and saved text
(@pxref{M4wrap}) is not reread. (This macro could be made more robust
to earlier versions of @code{m4}. You should try to see if you can find
weaknesses and correct them; or @pxref{Improved fatal_error, , Answers}).
@item F @var{length} @key{NL} @var{string} @key{NL}
Defines, through @code{pushdef}, a definition for @var{string}
-expanding to the function whose builtin name is also @var{string}. The builtin
+expanding to the function whose builtin name is also @var{string}. The builtin
name is searched for among the intrinsic builtin functions only.
@item F @var{length1} , @var{length2} @key{NL} @var{string1} @var{string2} @key{NL}
@item
@acronym{POSIX} requires @code{eval} (@pxref{Eval}) to treat all
-operators with the same precedence as C. However, earlier versions of
+operators with the same precedence as C@. However, earlier versions of
@acronym{GNU} @code{m4} followed the traditional behavior of other
@code{m4} implementations, where bitwise and logical negation (@samp{~}
and @samp{!}) have lower precedence than equality operators; and where