Re: [Groff] -me and macroses

[Ralph Corderoy]

Hi,

> > I.e. I mean, is it nessesary to invoke my macros, begin a new
> > string?
> 
> Yes.  Just say
> 
>   text text text \*[my_macr] text text text
> 
> Note that it is not possible to pass arguments if a macro is called
> via the string mechanism (i.e., using `\*').  This `limitation' is a
> design issue of troff.

If you want arguments, then using \c in the definition, and when
invoking the macro, will have a similiar effect AFAIK.

    % cat g.tr
    .de my_macr1
    abc
    ..
    .de my_macr2
    abc\c
    ..
    text\c
    .my_macr1
    text\c
    .my_macr2
    text
    % groff -Tascii g.tr | cat -s
    textabc textabctext

Cheers,


Ralph.