[xep-support] Orphans & widows at the line break level

[Brian J. Butler]

That's a GOOD example, but a BAD movie!
BJB

Jose Maria Sanchez de Ocana wrote:

>Hmm... actually that was another BAD example! What about "Yesterday I
>went to watch Terminator V" ?
>Jose
>
>On 2/3/06, Jose Maria Sanchez de Ocana <jsandeo at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>Hello, Todd
>>Those were actually examples that don't cover all real cases. How
>>about "I was born in december 1st" ? I just don't want that "1st" to
>>be an orphan.
>>Thanks,
>>Jose
>>
>>
>>On 2/3/06, Powell, Todd <Todd.Powell at hq.doe.gov> wrote:
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>>>Jose,
>>>
>>>We've developed some standard rules for our end users when it comes to
>>>knowing where to place non-breaking spaces, and one of the most commonly
>>>encountered is "place one before any number".  It would seem to me that
>>>this kind of a rule could be used in all the examples you gave.
>>>
>>>It doesn't handle the hanging "real" word problem, but at least it won't
>>>separate "January 3, 2005" onto two lines.
>>>
>>>HTH,
>>>Todd
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: owner-xep-support at renderx.com
>>>[mailto:owner-xep-support at renderx.com] On Behalf Of Jose Maria Sanchez
>>>de Ocana
>>>Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 12:33 PM
>>>To: xep-support at renderx.com
>>>Subject: Fwd: [xep-support] Orphans & widows at the line break level
>>>
>>>
>>>I've thought about trying that, but after a first analysis of the
>>>problem (i.e. where in a string to replace blanks with non-breaking
>>>spaces), I've realised it's the typical problem that looks simple at
>>>first glance but is actually pretty tricky... it's actually similar to
>>>hyphenating, but not quite the same. It is really more of an
>>>orphans/widows kind of problem, but at the line level.
>>>
>>>Thanks anyway,
>>>JSO
>>>
>>>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>From: Broberg, Mats <mabr at flir.se>
>>>Date: Feb 3, 2006 6:15 PM
>>>Subject: RE: [xep-support] Orphans & widows at the line break level
>>>To: xep-support at renderx.com
>>>
>>>
>>>Jose,
>>>
>>>Wouldn't using a non-breaking space (U+00A0) when typing the text be a
>>>possibility?
>>>
>>>Best regards,
>>>Mats Broberg
>>>
>>>________________________________
>>>
>>>From: owner-xep-support at renderx.com on behalf of Jose Maria Sanchez de
>>>Ocana
>>>Sent: Fri 2006-02-03 17:20
>>>To: xep-support at renderx.com
>>>Subject: [xep-support] Orphans & widows at the line break level
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Hello,
>>>I'd like to know if there's a way in XSL-FO/XEP to control orphans &
>>>widows not only at the page break level, but also at the line break
>>>level. My problem is that, for certain texts, I'd like to prevent lines
>>>from breaking at words that are too short. For example, I have the text:
>>>"Long Beach Road, 2" I wouldn't want this sort of text to be broken
>>>right before the "2", thus leaving a single character as an orphan in
>>>the block's last line. I'd either want the text to be stretched into a
>>>block with one line less, or to be broken leaving "Road, 2" on the last
>>>line. Likewise, I wouldn't want a text such as "Madison Av. 1 - 2" to be
>>>broken right after the 1, leaving "- 2" on the last line, and a lonely
>>>"1" as a widow at the end of the previous one.
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>JSO
>>>
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