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What's new in TeX, part 2

What's new in TeX, part 2

Posted Oct 29, 2015 7:11 UTC (Thu) by matthias (subscriber, #94967)
In reply to: What's new in TeX, part 2 by leephillips
Parent article: What's new in TeX, part 2

I seldomly see orphans and widows in the web. The reason is that there seems to be no good solution for breaking text down into columns. Looking at standard 16:9 monitors, there is easily space for 2-3 columns which would make reading much easier than those overlong lines, one often sees. Once this support is there, of course we have to avoid orphans and widows.

However, I am not sure what would be the best solution for pages that do not fit entirely on screen, even with columns. Breaking them down into smaller pages would be one option. Horizontal scrolling (to see more columns) another. Vertical scrolling probably would not work that well, as obviously a single column should not be higher than the screen.

Interestingly, for small devises like phones, the existing one "endless" column approach works much better than for bigger devices.


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