>> > While looking at the MM code I noticed a line:
>> >
>> > .ie d misc*st-\\$1 .ds misc*st-\\$1 \\$2 \\*[misc*st-\\$1]
>> >
>> > It seems like .ds is taking three arguments.
>>
>> No, only two. The argument to the string name `misc*st-\\$1' is
>> `\\$2 \\*[misc*st-\\$1]'. `info groff' should give all the details.
>
> Okay, thanks. The fact that there is a space between the two parts
> of the second argument threw me. I interpreted that to be a third
> argument.
This macro does simply the equivalent to
foo = bar + foo
Werner
