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@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ the following parameters.
day_key = I II III
01 01 01,
rotor_setting = aaa,
+ spacing = yes,
verbose = 1,
}
%% Usage ················ %%
@@ -175,6 +176,7 @@ the following parameters.
positions of the three rotors, the ring settings, and the plugboard
wiring.
\item{rotor_setting}{string} The initial rotor advancement.
+ \item{spacing}{boolean} Auto-space output?
\item{verbose}{integer} Controls overall verbosity level (\emph{global}!).
\stopitemize
@@ -229,6 +231,11 @@ This is a triple of letters, each representing the initial state of
one rotor (e.\,g. \type{fkd}). Historically this was not part of the day
key but supposed to be chosen at random by the operating signal officer.
+The output can be automatically grouped into sequences of five
+characters, delimited by spaces. This does not only conform with
+traditional crypto-style, but also allows for the resulting text to be
+sanely broken into lines by \TEX.
+
%%% other_chars
% The option \identifier{other_chars} determines how the machine -- in our
% Unicode-aware times -- should behave when it encounters a non-Latin