 						# Doesn’t start with a bracket
 						(?:
 							# Starts with a long-form string/register
-							(\\\\[n*]\\(\\S{2}) # 10: Include “#escapes”
+							(\\\\+[n*]\\(\\S{2}) # 10: Include “#escapes”
 							|
 							# Starts with a digit or backslash
 							(?=\\d|\\\\)

				2: {name: "entity.name.roff"}
			patterns: [{include: "#params"}]
			
		},{
			include: "#conditionals"
		},{
			
			# Macro definition: No terminator specified
			name: "meta.function.definition.request.$2.roff"
			begin: "^([.'])[ \t]*((de)|(am))\\s*(\\S+?)?\\s*(\\\\\".*)?$"
			end:   "^(?:[ \t]*\\x5C{2})?\\.[ \t]*\\."
			beginCaptures:
				1: {name: "punctuation.definition.request.roff"}
				3: {name: "storage.type.function.roff"}
				4: {name: "entity.name.function.roff"}
				5: {name: "variable.parameter.roff"}
				6: {patterns: [{include: "#escapes"}]}
				7: {patterns: [{include: "#params"}]}
			endCaptures:
				0: {name: "punctuation.definition.request.roff"}
			patterns: [{include: "$self"}]
		},{
			
			# Macro definition: Terminator included
			name: "meta.function.definition.request.with-terminator.$2.roff"
			begin: "^([.'])[ \t]*((de)|(am))\\s*(\\S+)\\s*(\"[^\"]+\"?|\\S+?(?=\\s|\\\\\"))?(.*)$"
			end:   "^(\\.)[ \t]*((\\6)(?=$|\\s|\\\\(?:$|\")))"
			beginCaptures:
				1: {name: "punctuation.definition.request.roff"}
				3: {name: "storage.type.function.roff"}
				4: {name: "entity.name.function.roff"}
				5: {name: "variable.parameter.roff"}
				6: {name: "entity.terminator.roff", patterns: [{include: "#string"}]}
				7: {patterns: [{include: "#params"}]}
			endCaptures:
				1: {name: "punctuation.definition.request.roff"}
				2: {name: "entity.terminator.roff"}
				3: {patterns: [{include: "#string"}]}
			patterns: [{include: "$self"}]
		},{
			
			# Number register
			name: "meta.function.request.$2.roff"

		]
	
	

	# Macro definitions
	definition:
		patterns: [{
			
			# No terminator specified
			name: "meta.function.definition.request.$2.roff"
			begin: "^([.'])[ \t]*((de)|(am))\\s*(\\S+?)?\\s*(\\\\\".*)?$"
			end:   "^(?:[ \t]*\\x5C{2})?\\.[ \t]*\\."
			beginCaptures:
				1: {name: "punctuation.definition.request.roff"}
				3: {name: "storage.type.function.roff"}
				4: {name: "entity.name.function.roff"}
				5: {name: "variable.parameter.roff"}
				6: {patterns: [{include: "#escapes"}]}
				7: {patterns: [{include: "#params"}]}
			endCaptures:
				0: {name: "punctuation.definition.request.roff"}
			patterns: [{include: "$self"}]
		},{
			
			# Terminator included
			name: "meta.function.definition.request.with-terminator.$2.roff"
			begin: "^([.'])[ \t]*((de)|(am))\\s*(\\S+)\\s*(\"[^\"]+\"?|\\S+?(?=\\s|\\\\\"))?(.*)$"
			end:   "^(\\.)[ \t]*((\\6)(?=$|\\s|\\\\(?:$|\")))"
			beginCaptures:
				1: {name: "punctuation.definition.request.roff"}
				3: {name: "storage.type.function.roff"}
				4: {name: "entity.name.function.roff"}
				5: {name: "variable.parameter.roff"}
				6: {name: "entity.terminator.roff", patterns: [{include: "#string"}]}
				7: {patterns: [{include: "#params"}]}
			endCaptures:
				1: {name: "punctuation.definition.request.roff"}
				2: {name: "entity.terminator.roff"}
				3: {patterns: [{include: "#string"}]}
			patterns: [{include: "$self"}]
		}]
	
	
	
	# Escape sequences
	escapes:
		patterns: [{
			
			# Backslashed escape sequences: \t -> \\t
			match: "(\\\\+?)(?=\\1\\S)"
			name: "punctuation.definition.concealed.escape.backslash.roff"
		},
			{include: "#escapes-copymode"}
			{include: "#escapes-full"}]
	
	
	# Limited range of escape sequences permitted in copy-mode
