X-Git-Url: http://git.draconx.ca/gitweb/dxcommon.git/blobdiff_plain/92a89700c65e52fac8c2cace51a7112d60b3f42f..a3ecbb40448bb06bbafc5ff9ad56909714acc6fd:/m4/utils.m4

diff --git a/m4/utils.m4 b/m4/utils.m4
index 32f3246..c621631 100644
--- a/m4/utils.m4
+++ b/m4/utils.m4
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-dnl Copyright © 2015, 2018 Nick Bowler
+dnl Copyright © 2015, 2018-2019 Nick Bowler
 dnl
-dnl Assorted helper macros
+dnl Assorted utility macros.
 dnl
 dnl License WTFPL2: Do What The Fuck You Want To Public License, version 2.
 dnl This is free software: you are free to do what the fuck you want to.
@@ -9,3 +9,8 @@ dnl There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
 dnl DX_DO(arg, ...)
 dnl Expand each argument in sequence, inserting newlines between them.
 AC_DEFUN([DX_DO], [m4_do([$1], [m4_map_args([m4_newline], m4_shift($@))])])
+
+dnl DX_VAR_NORMALIZE_SPACE(varname)
+dnl Trim leading and trailing whitespace from a shell variable, and replace
+dnl consecutive sequences of internal whitespace with a single space.
+AC_DEFUN([DX_VAR_NORMALIZE_SPACE], [set -f; set x $$1; shift; $1=$[]* set +f])