Section orphans

2007-10-02 Thread Donn Ingle
Hi, (I post with trepidation; having searched the wiki -- I promise.) I am setting poems with this kind of approach (using memoir class.) --- \poemtitle{Blah} \settowidth{\versewidth}{xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx } \begin{verse}[\versewidth] Line 1 \\ Line 2 \\ Line 3 \\

Re: Section orphans

2007-10-02 Thread Christian Liesen
Does \usepackage{verse} have to be called in the preamble? -- Christian Donn Ingle wrote: Hi, (I post with trepidation; having searched the wiki -- I promise.) I am setting poems with this kind of approach (using memoir class.) --- \poemtitle{Blah}

Re: Section orphans

2007-10-02 Thread Christian Liesen
... well yes, LyX handles these commands well. I was wondering if there were optional commands to be called with the verse package that could solve your problem. But maybe I did not even get the problem? You say the poem's title is orphaned, so I suppose there's other text, too. Then why not

Re: Section orphans

2007-10-02 Thread Christian Liesen
Yes it should, but I continue to experience problems with widows and orphans, too. I think that in many cases manually fine-tuning the document is inevitable. Tweaking the layout is always the very last thing I do to a document once the content is settled. Then -- if at all necessary -- I

Re: Section orphans

2007-10-02 Thread Richard Heck
Christian Liesen wrote: Yes it should, but I continue to experience problems with widows and orphans, too. I think that in many cases manually fine-tuning the document is inevitable. Widowed and orphaned section titles should be extremely rare. I don't know how your \poemtitle macro is

Section orphans

2007-10-02 Thread Donn Ingle
Hi, (I post with trepidation; having searched the wiki -- I promise.) I am setting poems with this kind of approach (using memoir class.) --- \poemtitle{Blah} \settowidth{\versewidth}{xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx } \begin{verse}[\versewidth] Line 1 \\ Line 2 \\ Line 3 \\

Re: Section orphans

2007-10-02 Thread Christian Liesen
Does \usepackage{verse} have to be called in the preamble? -- Christian Donn Ingle wrote: Hi, (I post with trepidation; having searched the wiki -- I promise.) I am setting poems with this kind of approach (using memoir class.) --- \poemtitle{Blah}

Re: Section orphans

2007-10-02 Thread Christian Liesen
... well yes, LyX handles these commands well. I was wondering if there were optional commands to be called with the verse package that could solve your problem. But maybe I did not even get the problem? You say the poem's title is orphaned, so I suppose there's other text, too. Then why not

Re: Section orphans

2007-10-02 Thread Christian Liesen
Yes it should, but I continue to experience problems with widows and orphans, too. I think that in many cases manually fine-tuning the document is inevitable. Tweaking the layout is always the very last thing I do to a document once the content is settled. Then -- if at all necessary -- I

Re: Section orphans

2007-10-02 Thread Richard Heck
Christian Liesen wrote: Yes it should, but I continue to experience problems with widows and orphans, too. I think that in many cases manually fine-tuning the document is inevitable. Widowed and orphaned section titles should be extremely rare. I don't know how your \poemtitle macro is

Section orphans

2007-10-02 Thread Donn Ingle
Hi, (I post with trepidation; having searched the wiki -- I promise.) I am setting poems with this kind of approach (using memoir class.) --- \poemtitle{Blah} \settowidth{\versewidth}{xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx } \begin{verse}[\versewidth] Line 1 \\ Line 2 \\ Line 3 \\

Re: Section orphans

2007-10-02 Thread Christian Liesen
Does \usepackage{verse} have to be called in the preamble? -- Christian Donn Ingle wrote: Hi, (I post with trepidation; having searched the wiki -- I promise.) I am setting poems with this kind of approach (using memoir class.) --- \poemtitle{Blah}

Re: Section orphans

2007-10-02 Thread Christian Liesen
... well yes, LyX handles these commands well. I was wondering if there were optional commands to be called with the verse package that could solve your problem. But maybe I did not even get the problem? You say the poem's title is orphaned, so I suppose there's other text, too. Then why not

Re: Section orphans

2007-10-02 Thread Christian Liesen
Yes it should, but I continue to experience problems with widows and orphans, too. I think that in many cases manually fine-tuning the document is inevitable. Tweaking the layout is always the very last thing I do to a document once the content is settled. Then -- if at all necessary -- I

Re: Section orphans

2007-10-02 Thread Richard Heck
Christian Liesen wrote: Yes it should, but I continue to experience problems with widows and orphans, too. I think that in many cases manually fine-tuning the document is inevitable. Widowed and orphaned section titles should be extremely rare. I don't know how your \poemtitle macro is