Dan Kegel wrote: > It's not quite that trivial an issue. m4 quoting is a bit of > a bear. (Although I'm not sure the situation would really be > improved in other languages. Has anyone thought through > what the usability issues are with m4, and how they might be > addressed?)
http://AutoGen.sourceforge.net/doc/autogen_3.html AutoGen quotes are completely isolated from whatever text is specified in the template. That's 'cuz the template author selects appropriate ag-quotes for a particular template and it has no effect on any other macros or templates that get referenced. Of course, few people seem to figure out what it really is. :-) It does have all the bells and whistles M4 has, though. Additionally, the macro arguments are named instead of positional, which makes it possible to extend functionality without obsoleting usage.
