Re: Page breaks when you print formatted html docs

Dave Raggett <dsr@hplb.hpl.hp.com>

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> Is there any code we can imbed in the html doc which will force page
> breaks at appropriate spots?  Like the tops of sections beginning
> with <h1>, etc.?

This kind of thing shouldn't go into the HTML. Instead you need a better
utility for converting to Postscript. In the longer term, style sheets
will carry this info for specified page sizes etc.

Is anyone working on an improved Postscript filter?
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Dave Raggett

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