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Re: [Groff] widow/orphan control


From: Werner LEMBERG
Subject: Re: [Groff] widow/orphan control
Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2003 00:32:43 +0100 (CET)

> > For me, then, a blank line followed by a ".ne 2" line seems
> > to do the trick for widows.  Thanks again.
> 
> (Isn't that for orphans?  I thought a widow was
> the last line of a paragraph on a new page.)

According to Knuth's TeXbook (which I consider an authority on
typography), a widow line is indeed the last line of a paragraph on a
new page.


    Werner

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