Re: Adjusting column width dynamically to get rid of orphans and widows

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

On 6/28/2017 11:16 AM, Thomas Widmann wrote:
> On 26 June 2017 at 10:31, Thomas Widmann <thomas@complexli.com> wrote:
>> [...] Is there a way in ConTeXt/LuaTeX to typeset a column
>> repeatedly until it fulfils certain criteria (such as not generating
>> an orphan or a widow)?
>>
>> Perhaps it would be easier if I didn't think of it as a column, but
>> simply as a box?  The only problem I can see with that is that it
>> makes it awkward to handle the fact that long entries will often need
>> to run into the next column.
> 
> If the answer is 'no', that's OK. I reckon it might be, given that TeX
> builds the paragraphs first and then split them to create pages, and I
> basically want the page builder to be able to rebuild certain
> paragraphs to make them fit, which goes against TeX's basic design.
> 
> However, if were is somehow possible with LuaTeX, it would open up a
> lot of possibilities, and not just for dictionary typesetting.
one can of course make it work somehow, but it's not something standard 
and takes some coding and testing ... a rather specialized sub mechanism

(basically most of what one wants can be done, but that doesn't mean 
that all gets implemented; normally i only do such more complex things 
if i need it in a project, unless it is some rainy day fun project)

Hans


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