Re: Nroff/mm question

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From: g.l.sicherman
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 1988 02:20

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> We have been trying to find some way to force a page eject (^L) from
> nroff with zero success.  Does anyone know of a way to solve this
> problem?

Nroff cannot print most control characters.  Try having it print
"FORMFEED!" or something like that, and filter the output through
awk or sed to turn "FORMFEED!" into ^L.
-- 
Col. G. L. Sicherman
...!ihnp4!odyssey!gls

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Subject: Re: Nroff/mm question
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