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        !             3: \chapter      {The ISO Macros Database}\label{isomacros}
        !             4: The database \file{isomacros} in the ISODE \verb"ETCDIR" directory
        !             5: (usually \file{/usr/etc/})
        !             6: contains a simple mapping between
        !             7: user-friendly strings and network addresses.
        !             8: This database is used by when trying to resolve textual respresentations of
        !             9: network addresses
        !            10: (as desccribed in Section~\ref{addr:encodings}) for use with the network.
        !            11: 
        !            12: The database itself is an ordinary ASCII text file containing an entry for
        !            13: each locally defined macro.
        !            14: Each entry contains
        !            15: \begin{itemize}
        !            16: \item  the macro, a simple string; and,
        !            17: 
        !            18: \item  the prefix of the corresponding network address.
        !            19: \end{itemize}
        !            20: Blanks and/or tab characters are used to seperate items.
        !            21: However, double-quotes may be used to prevent separation for items containing
        !            22: embedded whitspace.
        !            23: The sharp character (`\verb"#"') at the beginning of a line indicates a
        !            24: commentary line.
        !            25: 
        !            26: Unlike the other databases in the ISODE,
        !            27: the user may not directly access this file.
        !            28: The routine \verb"str2paddr" and \verb"paddr2str" use this automatically.
        !            29: 
        !            30: \section      {User-Specific Macros}
        !            31: By default a user-specific macros database is consulted before the
        !            32: system-wide macros file.
        !            33: The user-specific file is called \file{\$HOME/.isode\_macros} in the user's
        !            34: home directory.

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