X-Git-Url: https://iankelling.org/git/?p=spray;a=blobdiff_plain;f=Readme.org;h=9485f1b8a0fc0b75528176e12f0b3652a8e17f58;hp=069f8e59f7662bd37f7017e7f17c1938167576b4;hb=091c1d22fdca14e2cb7e3170c5f8ec191d996280;hpb=555c855bfb380aae0091cd8e6e698dfa0a40feb4 diff --git a/Readme.org b/Readme.org index 069f8e5..9485f1b 100644 --- a/Readme.org +++ b/Readme.org @@ -4,6 +4,14 @@ A speed reading mode for Emacs. The algorithm is inspired from [[https://github.com/Miserlou/OpenSpritz][OpenSpritz]]. + +** Screencast + +[[screencast.gif]] + +The story continues at [[https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.html][gnu.org]] + + ** Deficiencies in similar projects which spray.el solves: Mostly as of June 28, 2014. @@ -44,11 +52,6 @@ Downsides compared to similar projects: - The emacs learning curve. - Would be hard to get running on a phone. - -** Screencast - -[[screencast.gif]] - ** Installation Put spray.el into a "load-path"ed directory, and load it in your init @@ -92,6 +95,7 @@ You may customize spray by modifying following items: - [Variable] spray-height - [Variable] spray-margin-top - [Variable] spray-margin-left +- [Variable] spray-ramp - [Keymap] spray-mode-map - [Face] spray-base-face - [Face] spray-accent-face @@ -103,9 +107,11 @@ In =./spray.el=, the functions =spray--word-at-point=, =spray--update= and =spra *** Algorithm translated from code to english -Words are split at space, tab and newline characters, and if any of the characters =.!?;= appear in a word, a blank word is appended to the current word. +Words are split at space, tab, newline, and emdash characters. If any of the characters =.!?;= appear at the end of the word, a blank word is appended to the current word. + +Each word is displayed for (60 / the choosen wpm) seconds, except if the word ends with ,:— or is greater than 9 characters long, in which case it is displayed for twice as long. -Each word is displayed for (60 / the choosen wpm) seconds, except if the word contains : or , or is greater than 9 characters long, in which case it is displayed for twice as long. +When started, an added delay is optionally added, based on the spray-ramp variable. See it's documentation for details. The accent location is chosen as the nth character in a word, depending on its length, based on the following table | length | accent position |