1 ;;; spray.el --- a speed reading mode
3 ;; Copyright (C) 2014 Ian Kelling <ian@iankelling.org>
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19 ;; Maintainer: Ian Kelling <ian@iankelling.org>
20 ;; Author: Ian Kelling <ian@iankelling.org>
22 ;; Created: 18 Jun 2014
24 ;; URL: https://github.com/ian-kelling/spray
25 ;; Keywords: convenience
29 ;; For speed reading, or just more enjoyable reading. Narrows the buffer to show
30 ;; one word at a time. Adjust speed / pause as needed.
32 ;; Download from Melpa or put this script into a "load-path"ed directory, and
33 ;; load it in your init file:
37 ;; Then you may run spray with "M-x spray-mode". Binding some keys may
40 ;; (global-set-key (kbd "<f6>") 'spray-mode)
42 ;; In spray-mode buffers, following commands are available.
44 ;; - =spray-start/stop= (SPC) ::
45 ;; pause or resume spraying
47 ;; - =spray-backward-word= (h, <left>) ::
48 ;; pause and back to the last word
50 ;; - =spray-forward-word= (l, <right>) ::
51 ;; inverse of =spray-backward-word=
53 ;; - =spray-faster= (f) ::
56 ;; - =spray-slower= (s) ::
59 ;; - =spray-quit= (q, <return>) ::
62 ;; You may customize spray by modifying following items:
64 ;; - [Variable] spray-wpm
65 ;; - [Variable] spray-height
66 ;; - [Variable] spray-margin-top
67 ;; - [Variable] spray-margin-left
68 ;; - [Variable] spray-ramp
69 ;; - [Keymap] spray-mode-map
70 ;; - [Face] spray-base-face
71 ;; - [Face] spray-accent-face
73 ;; Readme.org from the package repository has some additional information:
75 ;; Algorithm specification.
76 ;; Comparison with similar projects.
80 ;; repeated words are indistinguishable, for example
81 ;; "going, going, gone" reads like going, gone, with a slight delay.
83 ;; sentences (like this) should trigger a pause for ( and )
88 ;; 0.0.1 add spray-set-margins
89 ;; 0.0.2 margin options, speed control, better quit
95 ;; * customizable vars
97 (defcustom spray-wpm 400
102 (defcustom spray-height 400
103 "Height of characters"
107 (defcustom spray-margin-top 1
108 "Character margin at top of buffer. Characters are as big as
109 spray text characters."
113 (defcustom spray-margin-left 1
114 "Character margin at left of buffer. Characters are as big as
115 spray text characters."
119 (defcustom spray-ramp 2
120 "Initial words before ramping up to full speed. Pauses for
121 this multiple of wpm on the first word,
122 decreasing by one for each subsequent word."
126 (defcustom spray-unsupported-minor-modes
127 '(buffer-face-mode smartparens-mode highlight-symbol-mode)
128 "Minor modes to toggle off when in spray mode."
130 :type '(list symbol))
135 (defface spray-base-face
136 '((t (:inherit default)))
137 "Face for non-accent characters."
140 (defface spray-base-face
141 '((t (:foreground "red" :inherit spray-base-face)))
142 "Face for accent character."
148 (defvar spray-mode-map
149 (let ((km (make-sparse-keymap)))
150 (define-key km (kbd "SPC") 'spray-start/stop)
151 (define-key km (kbd "h") 'spray-backward-word)
152 (define-key km (kbd "l") 'spray-forward-word)
153 (define-key km (kbd "<left>") 'spray-backward-word)
154 (define-key km (kbd "<right>") 'spray-forward-word)
155 (define-key km (kbd "f") 'spray-faster)
156 (define-key km (kbd "s") 'spray-slower)
157 (define-key km (kbd "q") 'spray-quit)
158 (define-key km (kbd "<return>") 'spray-quit)
159 (define-key km [remap forward-char] 'spray-forward-word)
160 (define-key km [remap backward-char] 'spray-backward-word)
161 (define-key km [remap forward-word] 'spray-forward-word)
162 (define-key km [remap backward-word] 'spray-backward-word)
163 (define-key km [remap keyboard-quit] 'spray-quit)
165 "keymap for spray-mode buffers")
170 (defvar spray--margin-string "")
171 (defvar spray--base-overlay nil)
172 (defvar spray--accent-overlay nil)
173 (defvar spray--running nil)
174 (defvar spray--first-words 0)
175 (defvar spray--initial-delay 0)
176 (defvar spray--delay 0)
177 (defvar spray--saved-cursor-type nil)
178 (defvar spray--saved-restriction nil)
179 (defvar spray--saved-minor-modes nil)
181 ;; * utility functions
183 (defun spray-set-margins ()
184 "Setup spray--margin-string"
185 (setq spray--margin-string
186 (concat (make-string spray-margin-top 10) ;; 10 = ascii newline
187 (make-string spray-margin-left 32)))) ;; 32 = ascii space
192 (define-minor-mode spray-mode
195 :keymap spray-mode-map
197 (setq spray--base-overlay (make-overlay (point-min) (point-max))
198 spray--accent-overlay (make-overlay 0 0)
199 spray--saved-cursor-type cursor-type
200 spray--saved-restriction (and (buffer-narrowed-p)
201 (cons (point-min) (point-max))))
202 (dolist (mode spray-unsupported-minor-modes)
203 (when (and (boundp mode) (eval mode))
205 (push mode spray--saved-minor-modes)))
206 (setq cursor-type nil)
207 (let ((buffer-face-mode-face `(:height ,spray-height)))
208 (buffer-face-mode 1))
209 (overlay-put spray--base-overlay 'priority 100)
210 (overlay-put spray--base-overlay 'face 'spray-base-face)
211 (overlay-put spray--accent-overlay 'priority 101)
212 (overlay-put spray--accent-overlay 'face 'spray-accent-face)
216 (delete-overlay spray--accent-overlay)
217 (delete-overlay spray--base-overlay)
218 (buffer-face-mode -1)
219 (if spray--saved-restriction
220 (narrow-to-region (car spray--saved-restriction)
221 (cdr spray--saved-restriction))
223 (setq cursor-type spray--saved-cursor-type)
224 (dolist (mode spray--saved-minor-modes)
226 (setq spray--saved-minor-modes nil))))
233 (defun spray--word-at-point ()
234 (skip-chars-backward "^\s\t\n—")
236 (len (+ (skip-chars-forward "^\s\t\n—") (skip-chars-forward "—")))
238 (accent (+ beg (cl-case len
244 ;; this fairly obfuscated, using magic numbers to store state
245 ;; it would be nice to sometime patch this so it is more readable.
246 ;; for greater than 9 length, we display for twice as long
247 ;; for some punctuation, we display a blank
248 (setq spray--delay (+ (if (> len 9) 1 0)
249 (if (looking-at "\n[\s\t\n]") 3 0)
250 (cl-case (char-before)
254 (move-overlay spray--accent-overlay (1- accent) accent)
255 (move-overlay spray--base-overlay beg end)
257 (overlay-put spray--base-overlay 'before-string
258 (concat spray--margin-string
259 (make-string (- 5 (- accent beg)) ?\s)))
260 (narrow-to-region beg end)))
262 (defun spray--update ()
263 (cond ((not (zerop spray--initial-delay))
264 (setq spray--initial-delay (1- spray--initial-delay)))
265 ((not (zerop spray--delay))
266 (setq spray--delay (1- spray--delay))
267 (when (= spray--delay 2)
268 (narrow-to-region (point) (point))))
273 (when (not (zerop spray--first-words))
274 (setq spray--initial-delay spray--first-words)
275 (setq spray--first-words (1- spray--first-words)))
276 (skip-chars-forward "\s\t\n—")
277 (spray--word-at-point)))))
279 ;; * interactive commands
281 (defun spray-start/stop ()
282 "Toggle pause/unpause spray."
284 (or (spray-stop) (spray-start)))
288 Returns t if spray was unpaused."
290 (prog1 spray--running
292 (cancel-timer spray--running)
293 (setq spray--running nil))))
295 (defun spray-start ()
296 "Start / resume spray."
298 (setq spray--first-words spray-ramp)
300 (run-with-timer 0 (/ 60.0 spray-wpm) 'spray--update)))
302 (defun spray-forward-word ()
306 (skip-chars-forward "\s\t\n—")
307 (spray--word-at-point))
309 (defun spray-backward-word ()
313 (skip-chars-backward "^\s\t\n—")
314 (skip-chars-backward "\s\t\n—")
315 (spray--word-at-point))
317 (defun spray-faster ()
320 Increases the wpm (words per minute) parameter. See the variable
325 (defun spray-slower ()
328 Decreases the wpm (words per minute) parameter. See the variable
333 (defun spray-inc-wpm (delta)
334 (let ((was-running spray--running))
336 (when (< 10 (+ spray-wpm delta))
337 (setq spray-wpm (+ spray-wpm delta)))
338 (and was-running (spray-backward-word))
339 (message "spray wpm: %d" spray-wpm)
347 ;;; spray.el ends here