>From keith.d.marsh...@ntlworld.com Wed Feb 4 06:06:14 2015 > >On 03/02/15 12:05, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: >> In the "UNIX processing handbook", 1988, there is a mention of .NP >> macro for ms macros. > >I assume you mean the reference on page 105, (in the PDF version of UTP, >as produced by various subscribers to this list)? Whilst it could have >been more clearly expressed, I think that, in referring to it as an >*internal* macro, it is implicit that Dale Dougherty and Tim O'Reilly >mean an *undocumented* feature of whatever reference implementation of >ms they were working with at the time.
I think you are right. I've a printed version. On p. 127 they say: "The trick is to invoke the internal .NP (new page) macro at the top of your text." Then on p.489, in section "Page Transitions" they say: *quote* An example of this simplest of all possible macro packages follows.* .de NP \" New page <skip to the footnote> *This "package" was contributed by Will Hopkins of VenturCom, Inc. *end quote* Thanks Anton
