Many thanks, Wolfgang. The widows actually appear at the close of “normal”
paragraphs. Around the headers, all seem to be as it should. The “ConTeXT”
solution solves the problem nicely! (I have et the number of lines to 2.)

All best, Alan


On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 9:57 AM, Wolfgang Schuster <
schuster.wolfg...@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Am 08.07.2013 um 14:57 schrieb Alan Bowen <bowenala...@gmail.com>:
>
> > In my environment file, I have
> >
> > \clubpenalty=10000
> > \widowpenalty=10000
> >
> > \setuptolerance[vertical,verystrict]
> > \setuptolerance[horizontal,tolerant]
> >
> > and yet on occasion I still get widow lines.Does any one have
> suggestions about strategies to remedy this either in general or on a case
> by case basis? (I am not sure of how to generate an example of the problem
> or if that would even help.)
>
> 1. Do the widow lines only appear in certain cases, e.g. after a heading.
>
> 2. Use the context way to change the penalties:
>
> \startsetups [mypenalties]
>
>     \setdefaultpenalties
>
>     \setpenalties\widowpenalties{3}{10000} % 3 == number of lines, 10000
> == penalty between these 3 lines
>     \setpenalties\clubpenalties {3}{10000}
>
> \stopsetups
>
> \setuplayout[setups=mypenalties]
>
> \starttext
> …
> \stoptext
>
> Wolfgang
>
>
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