[reportlab-users] Platypus idea "splitting preferences"

[Henning von Bargen]

Henning von Bargen wrote:

> I'm not sure if the meaning of "widow" here is what it's called in RL.

> I mean: Only start the flowable on the current page, if at least the

> first N rows fit - otherwise push it to the next page.


Robin Becker wrote:


> Widow has a past, but no future (ie it's the last line of a paragraph

> appearing by itself on a new page). 



> Orphan has no past, but a future ie it's the first line of a paragraph 

> appearing at the bottom of a page where the rest of the paragraph is 

> split to the next page.


Yeah, that's what Wikipedia says.
I always get confused because Oracle reports uses the term
"minimum widow lines (or records)" for what Wikipedia calls orphans, see
http://www.aboutoracleapps.com/2007/07/interview-questions-reports-6i.html
...

OK, then replace "widow" with "orphan" in my previous message except where
it references Oracle Reports :-)

Henning