regress/roff/de/startde.in

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   2 .Dd $Mdocdate: July 4 2017 $
   3 .Dt DE-STARTDE 1
   4 .Os
   5 .Sh NAME
   6 .Nm de-startde
   7 .Nd macro starting a macro definition, but not ending it
   8 .Sh DESCRIPTION
   9 define outer macro:
  10 .de outer
  11 outer macro called; define inner macro:
  12 .de inner
  13 inner macro called; end outer scope.
  14 ..
  15 outer scope ended; outer macro now defined.
  16 .Pp
  17 call outer macro:
  18 .outer
  19 returned from call of outer macro; end inner scope.
  20 ..
  21 inner scope ended; inner macro now defined.
  22 .Pp
  23 call inner macro:
  24 .inner
  25 returned from call of inner macro.