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From: roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith)
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Subject: Re: Orphans & Widows Fix for Troff Wanted
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Date: Sat, 3-May-86 14:45:51 EDT
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In article <312@garth.UUCP> jdw@garth.UUCP (Doug Waidhofer) writes:
> I'm interested in any hacks or purchaseable software that fixes
> the problems of Orphans and Widows in Troff.
> 
	We fixed widow lines by imbedding a ".ne 3" request in the
paragraph macro (I think -me has this by default).

	Orphan lines are harder to deal with; I could see a scheme whereby
you divert output in the start-paragraph macro, and have an end-paragraph
macro that sees how long the paragraph is, and how much is left on the page
and inserts a .bp at the right place.  Yuck!
-- 
Roy Smith, {allegra,philabs}!phri!roy
System Administrator, Public Health Research Institute
455 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016