Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1992 14:35:43 +22313801 (EDT
From: Joey Gibson <aix3!wjg AT netcom DOT com>
Subject: help with macro definition
To: DJGPP Mailing List <netcomsv!djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu>

In a makefile, I have the following macros:
LATEX="tex &lplain"
DVIPS="dvips test"

Later on, I am trying to compile a file, including these macros as macros in the
code:

all : test.c
	cc -DBOB=$(LATEX) -DFRED=$(DVIPS) test.c -o test.o

What happens is that the macros only get the first word of the definition, i.e. FRED
is dfined as "dvips" and BOB is defined as "tex". I have tried every conceivable way
of quoting these definitions, but can't get it right. Could someone please tell
me the proper way to quote macro definitions so that the C program gets the
full definition?

Joey Gibson 

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