wml::sys::compat1(3)

💖 wml::sys::compat1 — bestie edition 💖

okay so this is the manual page for wml::sys::compat1(3) from the EN Tools collection, and it is literally the glow-up glue that lets your old WML 1.x stuff keep working. she's giving time capsule, she's giving nostalgia, she's giving "your ancient code still runs, you're welcome." 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

wml::sys::compat1 — Backward Compatibility to WML 1.x

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#use wml::sys::compat1

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the tea, bestie: WML 1.x used to do pass 2 with Meta-HTML, but the newer versions switched over to mp4h. different era, different tools, no drama — except all your old Meta-HTML tags just… don't exist in mp4h anymore. 😭

that's exactly what this include file is for. it drops in backward compatibility defines for those Meta-HTML tags so they map onto their mp4h equivalents and nothing breaks. iconic behavior, honestly. 💅

here's the full mapping — no cap, every single one:

• define-container → define-tag
• defsubst → define-tag
• defmacro → define-tag
• prog → group
• concat → group
• %%eval → group
• sub → substract
• mul → multiply
• mod → modulo

not me just casually resurrecting tags that literally no longer exist in mp4h. the audacity. the service. 💀

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

Denis Barbier barbier@engelschall.com

the main character who wrote this. we stan. 💜

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🎀 REQUIRES 🎀

P2

yeah she needs it. it's the whole point. 🍓

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• mp4h(1)

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and that's the whole page, bestie, you ate it. this version of wml::sys::compat1(3) is brought to you by EN Tools, dated 2020-11-29 — so go forth, use your compatibility defines, and keep those legacy WML 1.x tags thriving. slay, periodt. ✨💖🧚