From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Wagner Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Boustrophedon Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:53:05 -0400 Message-ID: <4ABBCE21.3080000@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1253822077 10034 80.91.229.12 (24 Sep 2009 19:54:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:54:37 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 24 21:54:30 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MquOc-0003kU-BI for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:54:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42495 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MquOc-0001Ih-1x for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:54:30 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MquNu-000124-4c for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:53:46 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MquNt-00011j-CW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:53:45 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=58231 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MquNs-00011R-Rh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:53:45 -0400 Original-Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.159]:61350) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MquNs-0008OA-Bj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:53:44 -0400 Original-Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 22so636340fge.12 for ; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:53:42 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=huHhux4NzTbc4yxZU0xpUKY6ZXIHJpq5VGhrKG042+o=; b=uJB7lr6zTzPJGyCLjaPj5wzWLhjCDp/5/USCpkRFl2IKcR/TUUnFarUAOc8xDk2FyI PoOctMaDQrjEbWsRr1mGt0PMFHQpwcNmeF7CFwIrIj7yb2hmcha4agUNl1ppcVyYZ3Ss hn/szrfiTHA2vQxQOivtBe0XUlsjl3rRRlxWA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=raJUylcs1veaiMN+2MJyDhN4E73fb/oubIienEJiyLSdWzQuE067yF/5JHBOnfQgOf 1ivHOR4oW0k2pHyubD46skd4UWOnijyIn09QAspDl52D9KUfaHv4aDbe0tBRZpIaDyJi P5aTThGhPXg0hWa2rT4hbxD1JYJ3vEOvGPa10= Original-Received: by 10.86.169.25 with SMTP id r25mr345258fge.17.1253822022511; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:53:42 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from andreas-wagners-macbook-pro.local (pool-70-22-196-51.bos.east.verizon.net [70.22.196.51]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id l12sm321175fgb.19.2009.09.24.12.53.40 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:53:41 -0700 (PDT) User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; en-US; rv:1.9.1.1) Gecko/20090715 Thunderbird/3.0b3 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:115589 Archived-At: Dear Emacs Devs, I am interested in editing text in boustrophedon [writing like an ox turns in the field] as it is more comfortable/efficient to read. In boustrophedon the first line is left to right, the characters and text on the next line are right to left. These alternate reducing eye movement. There are some good points on boustrophedon typesetting here: http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/aleph/2004-March/000094.html My question is, would it be good to have generic support for this? - Andreas Wagner