<?bkw>

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<?bkw>

Description

This command is one of two used to bracket text that must stay together, by applying keeps at an individual word boundary level (as opposed to paragraph or line level). It ensures that the last word of a paragraph and any subsequent punctuation such as full stops are always kept together. The word boundary is assessed as being everything between the <?bkw> command and the next space.

This command is an alias of the <?keepw> command.

Syntax

<?bkw show:sw?>

show

The <?bkw> and <?ekw> commands can also take an optional show string. If it is impossible for the text to be kept together in a segment, the specified show string will be processed. As a default, the begin-keep show string is $262# (to insert a soft return), written as <?bkw $262#>). If the text in the block can be kept together, the show string will be ignored.