Re: Where Do All These Macros Come From?

2013-05-24 Thread Paul Smith
On Fri, 2013-05-24 at 08:26 -0700, Jordan H. wrote: > Right. I understand that much. My question is about autoconf (sorry > about saying auto*make*). I see a lot of macros that tutorial authors > use for which I don't see any documentation. Well it depends on the macro. The one you mentioned by

Re: Where Do All These Macros Come From?

2013-05-24 Thread Gavin Smith
> > Alright, cool. I can get used to this syntax. How does autoconf know > what SOME_MACRO is and how to use it in generating a `configure` > script? I found a list of configure.ac macros in the automake manual > (the auto*conf* section) but I see a lot of macros that people use that > are not on t

Re: Where Do All These Macros Come From?

2013-05-24 Thread Jordan H.
Right. I understand that much. My question is about autoconf (sorry about saying auto*make*). I see a lot of macros that tutorial authors use for which I don't see any documentation. Are they customized for that project? Where are they defined? I'm coming from a Makefile background (like most e

Re: Where Do All These Macros Come From?

2013-05-24 Thread Paul Smith
On Fri, 2013-05-24 at 07:25 -0700, Jordan H. wrote: > Hello, folks! > > In learning automake I keep looking at example configure.ac files and in > the tutorial someone says "oh, you can just use this here macro." I look > in the automake manual, though > (https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manu

Where Do All These Macros Come From?

2013-05-24 Thread Jordan H.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hello, folks! In learning automake I keep looking at example configure.ac files and in the tutorial someone says "oh, you can just use this here macro." I look in the automake manual, though (https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/automake.ht