tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2739183401070539028.post6164123389109625118..comments2023-03-08T07:25:00.530+01:00Comments on Try before you buy: Day 16 of 60: I strongly dislike M4Nikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08322215950778776217noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2739183401070539028.post-23820440370954595092006-07-26T13:31:00.000+02:002006-07-26T13:31:00.000+02:00changequote(,) doesn't reset the quotes, it turns ...changequote(,) doesn't reset the quotes, it turns off quoting. I think you want changequote(`,').<br><br>I put your macro in my site.config.m4, with cq.([,]) before and cq.(`,') at the end and it works fine. If I use cq.(,) at the end, it explodes spectacularly.<br><br>The reason it works standalone is because there's nothing else to quote, so turning quoting off doesn't cause a problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2739183401070539028.post-28188295157646445892006-07-26T13:57:00.000+02:002006-07-26T13:57:00.000+02:00You can, of course, ignore the backslashes in the ...You can, of course, ignore the backslashes in the previous comment. Seems to be a bug in WordPress.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2739183401070539028.post-19914924947557503942006-07-26T14:37:00.000+02:002006-07-26T14:37:00.000+02:00Not sure why I used blockquote instead of code. Si...Not sure why I used blockquote instead of code. Sigh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2739183401070539028.post-828809067281042302006-07-27T16:43:00.000+02:002006-07-27T16:43:00.000+02:00Ironically, my last post had a quoting error... (I...Ironically, my last post had a quoting error... (In the exposition, not the patch.) I used '&lt;' as a quote character, which generally doesn't work well in HTML. Doh.<br><br>In order to get [stuff `command` more stuff] in the output, I put [`stuff ``command`''' more stuff'] in the macro definition. Actually the output is [stuff `command`'' more stuff] but the [''] is effectively removed by the shell.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2739183401070539028.post-51433993400641090702006-07-27T16:45:00.000+02:002006-07-27T16:45:00.000+02:00Grrr! Wordpress 'smart quotes' buggered it up this...Grrr! Wordpress 'smart quotes' buggered it up this time. Sod it, read the patch!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2739183401070539028.post-17390641021996071092006-07-28T13:09:00.000+02:002006-07-28T13:09:00.000+02:00Bingo. Committed, with related changes, in 1097.Bingo. Committed, with related changes, in <a href="http://jc.ngo.org.uk/svnweb/jc/revision/?rev=1097" rel="nofollow">1097</a>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2739183401070539028.post-33239346552381933022006-07-28T14:03:00.000+02:002006-07-28T14:03:00.000+02:00[...] The issues with M4 have been resolved. A col...[...] The issues with M4 have been resolved. A colleague, Andre Lucas, took up the challenge and worked out a fix which he describes in detail. And ministat&#8217;s now looking much better. It&#8217;s grown some useful new options, a lot of documentation, and can now (optionally) generate plots in colour. Look below the fold for two example plots. [...]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2739183401070539028.post-7581122447990370702006-12-29T16:14:00.000+01:002006-12-29T16:14:00.000+01:00If Sendmail is driving you insane, I'd strongly re...If Sendmail is driving you insane, I'd strongly recommend Exim. It's an excellent MTA.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com