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Re: inserting blank pages in troff documents

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From: Dave James
Date: Wed, 05 Jun 1991 22:01
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How to insert blank pages in troff? I use an escaped space on the
blank page, so troff thinks there is real text, thus actually
"break paging" the 2nd time.. e.g.,

	.bp
	\<SPACE_HERE>
	.bp

Dave James
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From: doj@cpg.trs.reuter.com (Dave James)
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Subject: Re: inserting blank pages in troff documents
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Date: 5 Jun 91 22:01:18 GMT
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