regress/roff/de/startde.in

   1 .Dd December 30, 2014
   2 .Dt DE-STARTDE 1
   3 .Os OpenBSD
   4 .Sh NAME
   5 .Nm de-startde
   6 .Nd macro starting a macro definition, but not ending it
   7 .Sh DESCRIPTION
   8 define outer macro:
   9 .de outer
  10 outer macro called; define inner macro:
  11 .de inner
  12 inner macro called; end outer scope.
  13 ..
  14 outer scope ended; outer macro now defined.
  15 .Pp
  16 call outer macro:
  17 .outer
  18 returned from call of outer macro; end inner scope.
  19 ..
  20 inner scope ended; inner macro now defined.
  21 .Pp
  22 call inner macro:
  23 .inner
  24 returned from call of inner macro.