[Groff] Creating a table macro

[Automation Department]

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Would like to create a very simple table macro.

eg.,

.de TABLE
.TS
box expand;
l s
l l.
\fI\\$1\fP

..

This does not work though other similarly crafted macros do. It 'starts'
the macro at the macro definition. Do I need to escape it?

Also, if I just do:

.de TABLE
box expand;
l s
l l.
\fI\\$1\fP

..

Then call with

.TS
.TABLE "Macro Junk"
column1 column2
.TE

I get:
tbl:final_rpt.roff:369: `.' not last character on line
tbl:final_rpt.roff:369: giving up on this table

Just hoping to save some typing.

Thanks!

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Chad Roseburg
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