ending!) the definition of another user defined macro.
Mandoc already handles this correctly, make sure it won't get broken.
-# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.5 2014/07/07 11:34:41 schwarze Exp $
+# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.6 2014/12/30 10:28:56 schwarze Exp $
-REGRESS_TARGETS = append escname indir TH Dd
+REGRESS_TARGETS = append escname indir startde TH Dd
LINT_TARGETS = escname indir
.include <bsd.regress.mk>
--- /dev/null
+.Dd December 30, 2014
+.Dt DE-STARTDE 1
+.Os OpenBSD
+.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.
--- /dev/null
+DE-STARTDE(1) General Commands Manual DE-STARTDE(1)
+
+N\bNA\bAM\bME\bE
+ d\bde\be-\b-s\bst\bta\bar\brt\btd\bde\be - macro starting a macro definition, but not ending it
+
+D\bDE\bES\bSC\bCR\bRI\bIP\bPT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN
+ define outer macro: outer scope ended; outer macro now defined.
+
+ call outer macro: outer macro called; define inner macro: inner scope
+ ended; inner macro now defined.
+
+ call inner macro: inner macro called; end outer scope. returned from
+ call of outer macro; end inner scope. returned from call of inner macro.
+
+OpenBSD December 30, 2014 OpenBSD