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From: morrell@hpsal2.HP.COM (Michael Morrell)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: Re: how to FORCE a page break in troff?
Message-ID: <2610029@hpsal2.HP.COM>
Date: 7 Aug 89 20:06:13 GMT
References: <JES.89Aug5134600@mbio.med.upenn.edu>
Organization: HP System Architecture Lab, Cupertino
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> Does anyone know how to *absolutely force* a page break in troff?
> I'm using (o)troff -me.
> I need this for leaving an empty page (or pages), except for headers
> and footers, for paste-ins.

Try the .sk macro in -me. It's documented as "Leave the next output page blank,
except for headers and footers.  This is used to leave space for a full-page
diagram which is produced externally and pasted in later."

  Michael