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<span id="Break-Commands-1"></span><h3 class="section">13.1 Break Commands</h3>
<p>The break commands create or allow line and paragraph breaks:
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<dt><code>@*</code></dt>
<dd><p>Force a line break.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>@sp <var>n</var></code></dt>
<dd><p>Skip <var>n</var> blank lines.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>@-</code></dt>
<dd><p>Insert a discretionary hyphen.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>@hyphenation{<var>hy-phen-a-ted words</var>}</code></dt>
<dd><p>Define hyphen points in <var>hy-phen-a-ted words</var>.
</p></dd>
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<p>These commands hold text together on a single line:
</p>
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<dt><code>@w{<var>text</var>}</code></dt>
<dd><p>Prevent <var>text</var> from being split and hyphenated across two lines.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>@tie{}</code></dt>
<dd><p>Insert a normal interword space at which a line break may not occur.
</p></dd>
</dl>
<p>The pagination commands apply only to printed output, since other
output formats do not have pages.
</p>
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<dt><code>@page</code></dt>
<dd><p>Start a new page.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>@group</code></dt>
<dd><p>Hold text together that must appear on one page.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>@need <var>mils</var></code></dt>
<dd><p>Start a new page if not enough space on this one.
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