Re: [NTG-context] Adjusting column width dynamically to get rid of orphans and widows

On 6/28/2017 11:16 AM, Thomas Widmann wrote:

On 26 June 2017 at 10:31, Thomas Widmann wrote:

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[...] 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | www.pragma-ade.nl | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------