Re: widow and orphan control

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

Paul Tremblay wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 28, 2005 at 10:04:58PM -0500, Paul Tremblay wrote:
> 
>>How does one prevent orphans (the first line nof a paragraph on the last
>>line of a page) and widows (the last line of a paragraph on a new page)?
>>
>>If I have the title of a new section that must not be the last line of a
>>page, how can I do this? 
>>
> 
> 
> I've hunted around the web quite a bit, and there doesn't seem to be an
> easy way to do this. I tried:
> 
> \clubpenalty=-600
> \widowpenalty=-600
> 
> But this had no effect.
> 
> What I would need is some type of macro that can determine how much
> space is left on the page. If the space is less than some small,
> pretermined amount (say, 24 points, for example), then put the title on
> the next page, or put in a \blank[24pt, flexible]
> 
> I know nothing about writing macros, or if this is possible. 

\testpage[24pt]


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