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Re: nroff problem

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From: Brian Colfer
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 1988 15:43
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In article <6076@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> davidra@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (David A. Rabson) writes:
>How to insert spaces at the top of the page:
>
>\<space>
>.sp <number>
>
Won't work for top of "mm" pages because a command, I forget which
one, disables spacing at the top of a page.  You could redefine .TP
or .PX (described in my other message) or possibly you could issue a
.rs command, to restore spacing,  and then give a .sp



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From: brianc@daedalus (Brian Colfer)
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Subject: Re: nroff problem
Summary: more ideas
Keywords: .SP .sp top-of-page
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