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

From: Jose Maria Sanchez de Ocana <jsandeo@gmail.com>
Date: Fri Feb 03 2006 - 10:55:49 PST

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@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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@hq.doe.gov> wrote:
> > 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@renderx.com
> > [mailto:owner-xep-support@renderx.com] On Behalf Of Jose Maria Sanchez
> > de Ocana
> > Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 12:33 PM
> > To: xep-support@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@flir.se>
> > Date: Feb 3, 2006 6:15 PM
> > Subject: RE: [xep-support] Orphans & widows at the line break level
> > To: xep-support@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@renderx.com on behalf of Jose Maria Sanchez de
> > Ocana
> > Sent: Fri 2006-02-03 17:20
> > To: xep-support@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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