15. Forcing and Preventing Breaks

Usually, a Texinfo file is processed both by TeX and by one of the Info formatting commands. Line, paragraph, or page breaks sometimes occur in the `wrong' place in one or other form of output. You must ensure that text looks right both in the printed manual and in the Info file.

For example, in a printed manual, page breaks may occur awkwardly in the middle of an example; to prevent this, you can hold text together using a grouping command that keeps the text from being split across two pages. Conversely, you may want to force a page break where none would occur normally. Fortunately, problems like these do not often arise. When they do, use the break, break prevention, or pagination commands.

15.1 Break Commands		Summary of break-related commands.
15.2 `@*` and `@/`: Generate and Allow Line Breaks		Forcing line breaks.
15.3 `@-` and `@hyphenation`: Helping TeX Hyphenate		Helping TeX with hyphenation points.
15.4 `@allowcodebreaks`: Control Line Breaks in `@code`		Controlling line breaks within @code text.
15.5 `@w`{`text`}: Prevent Line Breaks		Preventing unwanted line breaks in text.
15.6 `@tie{}`: Inserting an Unbreakable Space		Inserting an unbreakable but varying space.
15.7 `@sp` `n`: Insert Blank Lines		Inserting blank lines.
15.8 `@page`: Start a New Page		Forcing the start of a new page.
15.9 `@group`: Prevent Page Breaks		Preventing unwanted page breaks.
15.10 `@need mils`: Prevent Page Breaks		Another way to prevent unwanted page breaks.

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