Re: how to FORCE a page break in troff?

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From: David Ferrier
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 1989 15:44

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In article <JES.89Aug5134600@mbio.med.upenn.edu> jes@mbio.med.upenn.edu (Joe Smith) writes:
>
>Does anyone know how to *absolutely force* a page break in troff?  I
>hope there's a trivial solution I've missed, but troff and the macro
>package work very hard to keep from generating 'extra' space
>(including extra pages via .bp) at the top of a page.  
>I need this for leaving an empty page (or pages), except for headers
>and footers, for paste-ins.

The answer to your hopes...

<blah blah blah>
.\" force a new page
.bp
.\" put something on it, using zero-width character
\&
.\" force a new page, leaving one blank page with headers and footers
.bp
<blah blah blah>
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Subject: Re: how to FORCE a page break in troff?
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