Confusing textwrap parameters, and request for RE help

[Dan Stromberg]

On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 1:23 PM Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On 2020-03-26, Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > You know what's a lot more fun? Perfect block justification, no ragged
> > edges, no extra internal spaces. I'm not sure whether it's MORE
> > annoying or LESS than using internal spaces, but it's certainly a lot
> > more fun to write, since you have to compose on the fly.
>
> I was about to mention that.  I've seen paragraphs written that way
> and marvelled that the language still seemed natural. I've never tried
> to do it myself.
>

Back when I was a kid, and wordprocessors were exemplified by WordStar, I
heard about a study the conclusion of which was that aligned right edges
were harder to read - that it was better to align on the left and leave the
right ragged.

But one study doesn't establish truth.