textproc/boust 0.161p6 OpenBSD
boustrophedon text reader
- System
- OpenBSD
- Repository
- OpenBSD ports
- Maintainer
- Stuart Cassoff <[email protected]>
- Last update
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40b74e4e56- Categories
- textproc, x11/tk, lang/tcl
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.
Install
Binary package:
pkg_add boust
From the ports tree:
cd /usr/ports/textproc/boust && make install
Dependencies
Run dependencies 2
No port depends on this one.