kirkaas@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (paul kirkaas) (08/20/90)
I am looking for a way to prohibit page breaking within certain paragraphs with LaTeX. Specifically in \verse mode, I have 4 line stanzas that I want to be unbroken. Between stanzas, paged breaking is acceptable. I have tried the various LaTeX commands that seemed obvious, but to no avail. Any suggestions? Paul. -- -- Paul Kirkaas kirkaas@cs.ucla.edu
dhosek@sif.claremont.edu (Hosek, Donald A.) (08/20/90)
In article <38193@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU>, kirkaas@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (paul kirkaas) writes... >I am looking for a way to prohibit page breaking within certain paragraphs >with LaTeX. Specifically in \verse mode, I have 4 line stanzas that I >want to be unbroken. Between stanzas, paged breaking is acceptable. >I have tried the various LaTeX commands that seemed obvious, but to no >avail. Any suggestions? Between lines, try using \\* rather than \\ (take a look at the entry for \\ in the reference manual section of the LaTeX manual). -dh --- Don Hosek TeX, LaTeX, and Metafont support, consulting dhosek@ymir.claremont.edu installation and production work. dhosek@ymir.bitnet Free Estimates. uunet!jarthur!ymir Phone: 714-625-0147 finger dhosek@ymir.claremont.edu for more info
rjc@uk.ac.ed.cstr (Richard Caley) (08/21/90)
In article <8140@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> dhosek@sif.claremont.edu (Hosek, Donald A.) writes: In article <38193@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU>, kirkaas@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (paul kirkaas) writes... >I am looking for a way to prohibit page breaking within certain paragraphs >with LaTeX. Specifically in \verse mode, I have 4 line stanzas that I >want to be unbroken. Between stanzas, paged breaking is acceptable. >I have tried the various LaTeX commands that seemed obvious, but to no >avail. Any suggestions? Between lines, try using \\* rather than \\ (take a look at the entry for \\ in the reference manual section of the LaTeX manual). Probably a stupid question but... Is there any way to do this `automatically'; that is, how can I define an environment which will keep a given block of text on one page without either having to end each line with \\* ( thus making the whole thing unreadable ) or putting it in a vbox ( which will set the glue and prevent the normal line spacing adjustments ). Thanks for any help, I'm sure it is burried in the TeX book somewhere but I can't see it. -- rjc@uk.ac.ed.cstr
tim@cstr.ed.ac.uk (Tim Bradshaw) (08/21/90)
>>>>> On 20 Aug 90 18:31:07 GMT, rjc@uk.ac.ed.cstr (Richard Caley) said: > Probably a stupid question but... > Is there any way to do this `automatically'; that is, how can I define > an environment which will keep a given block of text on one page > without either having to end each line with \\* ( thus making the > whole thing unreadable ) or putting it in a vbox ( which will set the > glue and prevent the normal line spacing adjustments ). > Thanks for any help, I'm sure it is burried in the TeX book somewhere > but I can't see it. Well I haven't tried it but, setting \interlinepenalty quite high should prevent it breaking between lines. Of course you also need to set \widowpenalty, \displaywidowpenalty \brokenpenalty equivalently high, or TeX will produce widows &c by preference. This will do interesting things to the page breaking in general of course... --tim Tim Bradshaw. Internet: tim%ed.cstr@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk UUCP: ...!uunet!mcvax!ukc!cstr!tim JANET: tim@uk.ac.ed.cstr "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?"
dorai@titan.rice.edu (Dorai Sitaram) (08/21/90)
In article <RJC.90Aug20183107@brodie.uk.ac.ed.cstr> rjc@uk.ac.ed.cstr (Richard Caley) writes: $In article <8140@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> dhosek@sif.claremont.edu (Hosek, Donald A.) writes: $ $ In article <38193@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU>, kirkaas@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (paul kirkaas) writes... $ $ >I am looking for a way to prohibit page breaking within certain paragraphs $ >with LaTeX. Specifically in \verse mode, I have 4 line stanzas that I $ >want to be unbroken. Between stanzas, paged breaking is acceptable. $ >I have tried the various LaTeX commands that seemed obvious, but to no $ >avail. Any suggestions? $ $ Between lines, try using \\* rather than \\ (take a look at the $ entry for \\ in the reference manual section of the LaTeX $ manual). $ $Probably a stupid question but... $ $Is there any way to do this `automatically'; that is, how can I define $an environment which will keep a given block of text on one page $without either having to end each line with \\* ( thus making the $whole thing unreadable ) or putting it in a vbox ( which will set the $glue and prevent the normal line spacing adjustments ). You could enclose the stuff that should be in one page in a \samepage declaration (see LaTeX manual). Thus: {\samepage \begin{verse} This, dear reader, is the first line of my poem;\\ And this is the second, wait, don't go hoem;\\ ... \end{verse} } Talking of readability, \\ isn't a whole lot more readable than \\*, is it? I prefer (see TeXbook): \obeylines{ This, dear reader, is the first line of my poem And this is the second, wait, don't go hoem ... } If you're going to typeset an epic or a play in vers libre, it's rather obvious which approach is better, no? Once again, relevant sections should be enclosed in \samepage's. --d