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To break or not to break

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From: Alastair Adamson
Date: Mon, 07 Dec 1987 08:33
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I have long wondered at the ubiquitous [nt]roff request
	'br
found in the mm macros and elsewhere. Could someone
please elucidate the use of the break request with
the no-break command character ' used?

Thanks in advance, Alastair Adamson,
	alastair@axis.fr
	Axis Digital, 135 rue d'Aguesseau, 92100, Boulogne, France
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From: alastair@axis.fr (Alastair Adamson)
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Subject: To break or not to break
Message-ID: <348@axis.fr>
Date: 7 Dec 87 08:33:25 GMT
Organization: Axis Digital, Paris
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Summary: br command in [nt]roff