Start a new page and avoid blank page

Question

I want my \section is always in a new page, so I need a \newpage before \section.

What about the current page is new page already? How do I avoid it?

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two \newpage will not make two page breaks: a \newpage at top of the page is ignored, but it is better to define \section to include the page break (as \chapter is normally defined) rather than putting \newpage before each section by hand — David Carlisle, Mar 19 '15 at 15:12

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 19 '15 at 15:13

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Something like this? Prepending the \section code with a \clearpage should do.

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{blindtext}

\usepackage{xpatch}

\xpretocmd{\section}{\clearpage}{}{}

\begin{document}
\tableofcontents

\section{First}
\blindtext[5]

\section{Second}
\blindtext[20]

\section{Gandalf}
\blindtext[10]


\end{document}

answered Mar 19 '15 at 15:13

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I bet this will closed as a dupe, you could answer the other question. ;-) – Johannes_B Mar 19 '15 at 15:23
@Johannes_B: If it's closed... I don't care. Which other question? – Mar 19 '15 at 15:24
the possible dupe @werner marked above. I prefer your answer over the accepted titlesec one – Johannes_B Mar 19 '15 at 15:24
@Johannes_B: Nope, I won't add an answer to a question from the Stone Age :-D – Mar 19 '15 at 15:26

Start a new page and avoid blank page

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