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Re: "new page" and "page break"... any difference


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  • From: Joris van der Hoeven <address@hidden>
  • To: address@hidden
  • Subject: Re: "new page" and "page break"... any difference
  • Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 13:30:01 +0100 (MET)


On Tue, 12 Mar 2002, David Allouche wrote:

> On Tuesday 12 March 2002 11:42, address@hidden
> wrote:
> > I don't understand the difference between the two commands "new page" and
> > "page break" (the same for lines)
> > Is it documented somewhere ?
>
> In theory, and as far as I know or guess:
>
> New page *forces* the creation of a new page at its location (actually,
> after its containing paragraph).
>
> Page break *hints* the typesetter to cut the page after its enclosing
> block.

"New page" forces the creation of a new page, while treating the previous
page like whether it was the last page of your document.

"Page break" forces a break at that point, but it tries to extend
the height of your text so that it has the usual height of a page
full with text.

<Joris>




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