[BRLTTY] How about a Reflow function?

[Lee Maschmeyer]

Hi gang,

I've been thinking of this exclusively as a grade 2 function, having no 
effect in computer braille:

I'd like to see a new function: the ability to reflow lines to get maximum 
display occupancy. Just like the reflow function in editors, the idea here 
is to put words from the beginning of the next line onto the end of this 
one. "Words" is defined as white-space-separated entities. One space would 
be inserted at the end of each print line so the words end up looking like a 
regular sentence.

A paragraph break would interrupt the reflow function, causing a new braille 
string. Such a new string would start in cell 2 (configurable if people 
scream); all others would start in cell 1. A paragraph break would be 
defined as a blank line on the screen.

This idea would end the constant short lines when reading grade 2 text and 
make things much more pleasant. I'm using a note taker (PAC Mate) that has 
this functionality and it's really cool.

We could use the window up or down key to toggle this function. And now that 
we have the ktb capability the toggle wouldn't even need to be on the 
display itself (though keypad commands can't be used on Cygwin at the 
moment).

What do people think?

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Lee Maschmeyer
Wayne State University
Detroit, Michigan, USA