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.fi
+.SS Include paths
+This example lets the user define a colon-separated
+list of paths, in the
+.B INCLUDEPATH
+environment variable, in which to look for files to
+either include directly into the source that is being
+preprocessed, using the
+.BR include_verbatim ()
+function, directly into the preprocessor, using the
+.BR include ()
+function, or into the source that is being processed
+but after preprocessing it with
+.BR gpp ,
+using the
+.BR include_verbatim ()
+and piping it into
+.BR gpp .
+.PP
+.nf
+locate () (
+ IFS=:
+ for d in $INCLUDEPATH; do
+ if [ -f \(dq$d/$1\(dq ]; then
+ printf \(aq%s\en\(aq \(dq$d/$1\(dq
+ exit 0
+ fi
+ done
+ printf \(aqCannot locate %s\en\(aq \(dq$1\(dq >&2
+ exit 1
+)
+
+includex () {
+ local method
+ local file
+ set -e
+ method=\(dq$1\(dq
+ file=\(dq$2\(dq
+ test -n \(dq$method\(dq
+ test -n \(dq$file\(dq
+ shift 2
+ $method -- \(dq$(locate \(dq$file\(dq)\(dq \(dq$@\(dq
+}
+
+include () {
+ locatex . \(dq$@\(dq
+}
+
+include_verbatim () {
+ locatex cat \(dq$@\(dq
+}
+.fi
+
.SH RATIONALE
Programmers need more automation when we write software
and documentation. An unrestricted preprocessor lets