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Idris Samawi Hamid wrote:

> Dear gang,
>
> Having serious trouble with pagebreaks:
>
> ====================================================
> % output=pdf interface=en
>
> \starttext
>
> \input knuth
>
> \page[blank,right]
>
> \page[yes,blank,yes]
>
> \page
>
> \input knuth
>
> \stoptext
> ====================================================
>
> I can't get a blank page; what's wrong here?

use empty  as in

\input knuth \page[yes] \page[empty] ...

blank means no page related thingies on a page when issuing a page 
command, empty means no text either; so, blank is just a directive,

Hans