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Article #5382Re: nroff/troff -ms vertical space
From: Ken Greer
Date: Tue, 01 Nov 1988 22:56
Date: Tue, 01 Nov 1988 22:56
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From article <210010@vantage.UUCP>, by ray@vantage.UUCP (Ray Liere):
>
> Our solution: put a \& just before the .sp command.
> I seem to recall reading somewhere that nroff will ignore .sp commands
> at the top of a page for a number of lines exceeding some number -- I
> think it was 5 or 10.
You're in "no space" mode at the top of a page. To force out real blank lines
you can use:
.br
.rs
.sp <whatever>
--
Ken Greer
Elan Computer Group, Inc.
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415-322-2450
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!elan!kg From: kg@elan.UUCP (Ken Greer) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Re: nroff/troff -ms vertical space Message-ID: <373@elan.UUCP> Date: 1 Nov 88 22:56:38 GMT References: <210010@vantage.UUCP> Organization: Elan Computer Group, Inc., Palo Alto, CA Lines: 16