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

[Thomas Widmann <thomas@complexli.com>]

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.

Thomas
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