<#macro greet>

  <font size="+2">hello joe!</font>

</#macro>  

<@greet></@greet>

<@greet/>

<#macro greet person>

  <font size="+2">hello ${person}!</font>

</#macro> 

<@greet person="fred"/> and <@greet person="batman"/> 

  <font size="+2">hello fred!</font>

 and   <font size="+2">hello batman!</font>

<@greet person=fred/>

<#macro greet person color>

  <font size="+2" color="${color}">hello ${person}!</font>

</#macro> 

<@greet person="fred" color="black"/> 

<@greet color="black" person="fred"/>

<@greet person="fred" color="black" background="green"/>

<@greet person="fred"/>

<#macro greet person color="black">

  <font size="+2" color="${color}">hello ${person}!</font>

</#macro>  

<#macro border>

  <table border=4 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=4><tr><td>

    <#nested>

  </tr></td></table>

</#macro>  

<@border>the bordered text</@border>

  <table border=4 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=4><tr><td>

    the bordered text

  </tr></td></table>

<#macro do_thrice>

  <#nested>

  <#nested>

  <#nested>

</#macro>

<@do_thrice>

  anything.

</@do_thrice>  

  anything.

  anything.

  anything. 

<@border>

  <ul>

  <@do_thrice>

    <li><@greet person="joe"/>

  </@do_thrice>

  </ul>

</@border> 

  <table border=4 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=4><tr><td>

      <ul>

    <li><font size="+2">hello joe!</font>

    <li><font size="+2">hello joe!</font>

    <li><font size="+2">hello joe!</font>

  </ul>

  </tr></td></table>  

<#macro repeat count>

  <#local y = "test">

  <#list 1..count as x>

    ${y} ${count}/${x}: <#nested>

  </#list>

</#macro>

<@repeat count=3>${y?default("?")} ${x?default("?")} ${count?default("?")}</@repeat>

    test 3/1: ? ? ?

    test 3/2: ? ? ?

    test 3/3: ? ? ?