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Using Parrot m4

What is Parrot m4?

Parrot m4 is GNU m4 ported to Parrot. It is implemented in the Parrot Intermediate Representation (PIR). GNU m4, and thus Parrot m4, is a macro processor.

Installing Parrot m4

Get the Parrot distribution. Build parrot. cd languages/m4 make

Running the test suite

make test

Running your own code

../../parrot m4.pbc <options> <file.m4>

Command line arguments

../../parrot m4.pbc --help

A simple example

AUTHOR

Bernhard Schmalhofer - Bernhard.Schmalhofer@gmx.de

To install Ruby, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.

cpanm

cpanm Ruby

CPAN shell

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Ruby

For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.

	Global
`s`	Focus search bar
`?`	Bring up this help dialog

	GitHub
`g` `p`	Go to pull requests
`g` `i`	go to github issues (only if github is preferred repository)

	POD
`g` `a`	Go to author
`g` `c`	Go to changes
`g` `i`	Go to issues
`g` `d`	Go to dist
`g` `r`	Go to repository/SCM
`g` `s`	Go to source
`g` `b`	Go to file browse

	Search terms
module: (e.g. module:Plugin)
distribution: (e.g. distribution:Dancer auth)
author: (e.g. author:SONGMU Redis)
version: (e.g. version:1.00)