Re: roadmap

[Pablo Rodriguez <oinos@gmx.es>]

On 05/15/2018 11:26 PM, Hans Hagen wrote:
> On 5/15/2018 9:17 PM, Pablo Rodriguez wrote:
>> [...]
>> Hans,
>>
>> I wonder whether it would be possible to implement a feature that you
>> mentioned in the past.
>>
>> In order to avoid widow and orphan lines, you mentioned that it would be
>> possible to automatically adapt the interline space for the page, so
>> that it may have one more line to avoid orphans (when interline space is
>> decreased) or it may move a line to the next page to avoid widows
>> (increasing the interline space in the present page).
>>
>> Would it be possible to add this feature to ConTeXt?
> 
> actually it was something that came up when talking with Hermann Zapf 
> years ago: he suggested to just vertically scale the text area (i 
> actully implemented that an hour later) ... his opinion was that only a 
> very small percentage of readers will notice (at that time we did 
> experiments with hz, the expansion in pdftex: in fact nobody noticed 
> that too, real interesting was that texies commented on all kind of 
> things related to how tex is supposed to work: a clear demonstration 
> that the average user knows what the virtues of tex are but not really 
> sees it)

I must confess that I can recognize hanging characters, but quality
expansion is impossible to see (at least, for me).

I would even say that if expansion can be seen by a human reader, the
results will be crappy.

How can I use the vertical scale feature to prevent widows and orphans?

Many thanks for your help,

Pablo

>> I have another feature request for notes, but I would like to know
>> whether the feature to avoid widow and orphan lines can be implemented
>> in ConTeXt.
> you can always ask ... giving it priority is another matter
> 
> Hans
> 
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