From 8aee89458403bd3dc727e090a377e585a70b9eb0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Doug McIlroy <doug@research.uucp>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1973 07:49:09 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] Research V3 development Work on file man/man1/m6.1

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+.pa 1
+.he 'M6 (I)'11/15/72'M6 (I)'
+.ti 0
+NAME		m6 -- general purpose macro processor
+.sp
+.ti 0
+SYNOPSIS	m6__
+[ -d__ arg1 ] [ arg2 [ arg3 ] ]
+.sp
+.ti 0
+DESCRIPTION	m6__
+takes input from file arg2 (or standard input if arg2 is missing)
+and places output on file arg3 (or standard output).
+A working file of definitions, "m.def",
+is initialized from  file arg1 if that is supplied.
+M6 differs from the standard [1] in these
+respects:
+.sp
+#trace:, #source: and #end:
+are not defined.
+.sp
+#meta,arg1,arg2: transfers the role of metacharacter
+arg1 to character arg2. If two metacharacters become identical
+thereby, the outcome of further processing is not guaranteed.
+For example, to make []{} play the
+roles of #:<> type
+.sp
+.in+5
+\\\#meta,<\\\#>,[:
+.br
+[meta,<:>,]:
+.br
+[meta,[substr,<<>>,1,1;,{]
+.br
+[meta,[substr,{{>>,2,1;,}]
+.in-5
+.sp
+#del,arg1: deletes the definition of macro arg1.
+.sp
+#save: and #rest: save and restore the definition table together with
+the current metacharacters on file
+m.def.
+.sp
+#def,arg1,arg2,arg3: works as in the standard with the extension
+that an integer may be
+supplied to arg3 to cause the new macro to perform the
+action of a specified builtin before its replacement text is evaluated.
+Thus all builtins
+except #def: can be retrieved even after deletion.
+Codes for arg3 are:
+.sp
+.in+5
+.nf
+0 - no function
+1,2,3,4,5,6 - gt,eq,ge,lt,ne,le
+7,8 - seq,sne
+9,10,11,12,13 - add,sub,mpy,div,exp
+20 - if
+21,22 - def,copy
+23 - meta
+24 - size
+25 - substr
+26,27 - go,gobk
+28 - del
+29 - dnl
+30,31 - save,rest
+.fi
+.in-5
+.sp
+.ti 0
+FILES		m.def--working file of definitions
+.br
+/usr/lang/mdir/m6a--m6 processor proper (/usr/bin/m6 is only an initializer)
+.br
+/usr/lang/mdir/m6b--default initialization for m.def
+.br
+/bin/cp--used for copying initial value of m.def
+.sp
+.ti 0
+SEE ALSO	[1] A. D. Hall,
+The M6 Macroprocessor, Bell Telephone Laboratories, 1969
+.sp
+.ti 0
+DIAGNOSTICS	"err"
+-- a bug, an unknown builtin or a bad definition table
+.br
+"oprd"--can't open input or initial definitions
+.br
+"opwr"--can't open output
+.br
+"ova" -- overflow of nested arguments
+.br
+"ovc" -- overflow of calls
+.br
+"ovd" -- overflow of definitions
+.br
+"Try again" -- no process available for copying m.def
+.br
+.sp
+.ti 0
+BUGS		Characters in internal tables are stored
+one per word.
+They really should be packed to improve capacity.
+For want of space (and because of unpacked formats) no file arguments
+have been provided to #save: or #rest:,
+and no check is made on the actual opening of file m.def.
+Again to save space,
+garbage collection makes calls on #save: and #rest: and so overwrites
+m.def.
-- 
2.20.1