Re: [Groff] widow/orphan control

[Larry Jones]

Tadziu Hoffmann writes:
> 
> (Isn't that for orphans?  I thought a widow was
> the last line of a paragraph on a new page.)

No, you've got them exactly backwards.  A widow is the first line of a
paragraph at the bottom of the page with the rest of the paragraph on
the next page; an orphan is the last line of a paragraph at the top of a
page with the rest of the paragraph on the preceding page.  Think of a
traditional family tree with parents at the top and children at the
bottom and the "orphan" part, at least, is clear.

-Larry Jones

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