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Boustrophedon, written by Simmon Keith Barney. Copyright (c) 2001.
Version 0.14 released under the GNU Public License. Freely usable,
distributable and modifiable.
This is a tcl/tk text-reader that formats the file in boustrophedon (a
reading- / writing- style that alternates direction every line). Unlike
conventional left-to-right styles of reading/writing, boustrophedon does
not require the eye (or the hand) to whip back to the margin whenever the
end of a line is reached. In boustrophedon, the horizontal position does
not change; one simply goes down to the next line and continues.
You do not need to install this program to try it out.
There are two ways to try it:
A) Use the PostScript output option from the command-line:
`boust --o file_name.ps`
or output to stdout, and pipe it to your favorite .ps viewer:
`boust --o - | gv -`
B) First run the following, then run the program.
mkfontdir
xset +fp `pwd`
xset fp rehash
The above set of commands tell the X server (for the remainder of the
session) that there are fonts there that is should use.
The file COPYING is a pretty good one to test it out on. Looks good
starting at the beginning of the Preamble.
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