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4.2.27 ‘-m’: Define FWEB macro (FTANGLE)

The command-line construction

-mA(x)=x

defines the FWEB macro A as though the definition

@m A(x) x

had appeared in the first definition part of the web file.

One can also say ‘-m'A(x) x'’, where the quotes are removed by the shell. That is, an ‘=’ appearing immediately after the macro name (or argument list, if there is one) plays the role of the space in the conventional definition. Thus, carefully distinguish the forms

-m'A(x)=x'   // A(x) expands to ‘x
-m'A(x) =x'  // A(x) expands to ‘=x
-m'A(x)==x'  // Precisely equivalent to the previous example.

The equals sign is permitted only with command-line macro definitions, not with ‘@m’ commands (see ATm) in the definition parts of the web file.