.\" $OpenBSD: startde.in,v 1.2 2017/07/04 14:53:27 schwarze Exp $
.Dd $Mdocdate: July 4 2017 $
.Dt DE-STARTDE 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm de-startde
.Nd macro starting a macro definition, but not ending it
.Sh DESCRIPTION
define outer macro:
.de outer
outer macro called; define inner macro:
.de inner
inner macro called; end outer scope.
..
outer scope ended; outer macro now defined.
.Pp
call outer macro:
.outer
returned from call of outer macro; end inner scope.
..
inner scope ended; inner macro now defined.
.Pp
call inner macro:
.inner
returned from call of inner macro.