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boust-0.161p6

boustrophedon text reader

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Description

Boustrophedon is a reading-/writing-style that alternates direction every line. It was originally created by the ancient Greeks. Once one gets good at reading the 'backwards' text, reading (and writing) can go much faster, as the eye (or hand) does not have to whip back to the margin when the end of a line is reached. One simply goes down a line and continues in the opposite direction. In the case of a paragraph ending, the next paragraph should retain the horizontal position, and (depending on which the text is closest to: the center of the screen or the margin) continues in the same direction, or continue in the opposite direction. This program formats the text-files to be read in this manner.

Package information

Ports path
textproc/boust
Package architecture
*
Maintainer
Stuart Cassoff <stwo@users.sourceforge.net>
Categories
textproc, x11/tk, lang/tcl
Available flavors
None listed

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