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AutoGen is a tool designed to simplify the creation and maintenance of programs
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that contain large amounts of repetitious text. It is especially valuable in
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programs that have several blocks of text that must be kept synchronized.
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AutoGen will accept either its own definition format, or XML files as definition
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input, in addition to CGI data (for producing dynamic HTML) and traditional
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AutoGen definitions.
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A common example where this would be useful is in creating and maintaining the
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code required for processing program options. Processing options requires
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multiple constructs to be maintained in parallel in different places in your
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program. Options maintenance needs to be done countless times. So, AutoGen comes
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with an add-on package named AutoOpts that simplifies the maintenance and
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documentation of program options.
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WWW: https://www.gnu.org/software/autogen/
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