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[Groff] Explanation for .BP ?
From: |
Ulrich Lauther |
Subject: |
[Groff] Explanation for .BP ? |
Date: |
Tue, 5 Mar 2013 10:30:00 +0100 |
User-agent: |
Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) |
(I tried to send this via the forum interface, but got HTTP error 550)
To generate a page break within a table, one is supposed to use
.de BP
. ie ā\\n(.zāā .bp \\$1
. el \!.BP \\$1
..
Could some kind soul explain the working of this macro? The else branch looks
like
a recursve call.
And why does plain .bp not work?
Thanks for enlightenment,
ulrich