Enhanced Reading Mode is an Emacs minor mode that enhances readability by highlighting the initial characters of each word in a customizable way. This mode is inspired by techniques to improve reading speed and comprehension.

• Customizable number of characters to highlight.
• Customizable font weight for highlighted characters.
• Automatically updates highlights as you type.

You can install enhanced-reading-mode using popular package managers such as Straight and Elpaca. Choose the method that suits your preference:

1. Download the enhanced-reading-mode.el file and save it to a directory of your choice.
2. Add the following lines to your Emacs configuration file (.emacs or init.el):

(add-to-list 'load-path "path/to/directory/containing/enhanced-reading-mode.el")
(require 'enhanced-reading-mode)

(straight-use-package
  '(enhanced-reading-mode :type git :host github :repo "kborling/enhanced-reading-mode"))
;; Using the use-package integration
(use-package enhanced-reading-mode
  :straight (enhanced-reading-mode :host github :repo "kborling/enhanced-reading-mode" :files ("*.el")))

(use-package enhanced-reading-mode
  :ensure (enhanced-reading-mode :host github :repo "kborling/enhanced-reading-mode" :files ("*.el")))

(package! enhanced-reading-mode
  :recipe (:host github :repo "kborling/enhanced-reading-mode"))

(enhanced-reading-mode :location (recipe :fetcher github :repo "kborling/enhanced-reading-mode"))

The number of characters to highlight at the start of each word can be customized using the enhanced-reading-highlight-length variable.

(setq enhanced-reading-highlight-length 4)

The font weight of the highlighted text can be customized using the enhanced-reading-font-weight variable. Available options are:

• ultra-heavy
• heavy
• ultra-bold
• bold
• semi-bold
• medium

For example:

(setq enhanced-reading-font-weight 'ultra-bold)

Here is an example configuration for your .emacs or init.el:

(add-to-list 'load-path "path/to/enhanced-reading-mode.el")
(require 'enhanced-reading-mode)

;; Customize the highlight length and font weight
(setq enhanced-reading-highlight-length 4)
(setq enhanced-reading-font-weight 'ultra-bold)

;; Enable Enhanced Reading Mode by default in text mode
(add-hook 'text-mode-hook 'enhanced-reading-mode)

• Toggle the mode: M-x enhanced-reading-mode
• Customize settings: M-x customize-group RET enhanced-reading

Contributions, bug reports, and feature requests are welcome. Please feel free to submit a pull request or open an issue on the GitHub repository.

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

Enjoy an enhanced reading experience with Emacs!