.\" $OpenBSD: basic.in,v 1.1 2018/08/24 22:56:37 schwarze Exp $ .Dd $Mdocdate: August 24 2018 $ .Dt WHILE-BASIC 1 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm while-basic .Nd the while request .Sh DESCRIPTION Loop with single-line scope: .nr cnt 11 1 .de mym \\n-[cnt] .. .while \n[cnt] .mym .Pp Loop with multi-line scope, text line closure: .nr cnt 11 .while \n[cnt] \{\ .nr cnt -1 \n[cnt]\}, boom. .Pp Loop with multi-line scope, macro line closure: .nr cnt 11 .while \n[cnt] \{\ .nr cnt -1 \n[cnt] .\} .Pp final text