Updated display_text so that it will hopefully skip blank lines when reading with arrow keys.

__init__.py

@@ -677,9 +677,9 @@ def display_text(text):
     """Display and speak text with navigation controls.
     
     Allows users to:
-    - Navigate text line by line with arrow keys
+    - Navigate text line by line with arrow keys (skipping blank lines)
     - Listen to full text with space
-    - Copy current line or full text
+    - Copy current line or full text (preserving blank lines)
     - Exit with enter/escape
     - Volume controls (with Alt modifier):
         - Alt+PageUp/PageDown: Master volume up/down
@@ -689,12 +689,23 @@ def display_text(text):
     Args:
         text (list): List of text lines to display
     """
+    # Store original text with blank lines for copying
+    originalText = text.copy()
+    
+    # Create navigation text by filtering out blank lines
+    navText = [line for line in text if line.strip()]
+    
+    # Add instructions at the start
+    instructions = ("Press space to read the whole text. Use up and down arrows to navigate "
+                   "the text line by line. Press c to copy the current line to the clipboard "
+                   "or t to copy the entire text. Press enter or escape when you are done reading.")
+    navText.insert(0, instructions)
+    
+    # Add end marker
+    navText.append("End of text.")
+    
     currentIndex = 0
-    text.insert(0, "Press space to read the whole text. Use up and down arrows to navigate "
+    speak(navText[currentIndex])
-                  "the text line by line. Press c to copy the current line to the clipboard "
-                  "or t to copy the entire text. Press enter or escape when you are done reading.")
-    text.append("End of text.")
-    speak(text[currentIndex])
     
     while True:
         event = pygame.event.wait()
@@ -717,32 +728,33 @@ def display_text(text):
                     adjust_sfx_volume(0.1)
                 elif event.key == pygame.K_DELETE:
                     adjust_sfx_volume(-0.1)
-            # Regular text navigation (no Alt required)
             else:
                 if event.key in (pygame.K_ESCAPE, pygame.K_RETURN):
                     return
                     
-                if event.key in [pygame.K_DOWN, pygame.K_s] and currentIndex < len(text) - 1:
+                if event.key in [pygame.K_DOWN, pygame.K_s] and currentIndex < len(navText) - 1:
                     currentIndex += 1
-                    speak(text[currentIndex])
+                    speak(navText[currentIndex])
                     
                 if event.key in [pygame.K_UP, pygame.K_w] and currentIndex > 0:
                     currentIndex -= 1
-                    speak(text[currentIndex])
+                    speak(navText[currentIndex])
                     
                 if event.key == pygame.K_SPACE:
-                    speak(' '.join(text[1:]))
+                    # Join with newlines to preserve spacing in speech
+                    speak('\n'.join(originalText[1:-1]))
                     
                 if event.key == pygame.K_c:
                     try:
-                        pyperclip.copy(text[currentIndex])
+                        pyperclip.copy(navText[currentIndex])
-                        speak("Copied " + text[currentIndex] + " to the clipboard.")
+                        speak("Copied " + navText[currentIndex] + " to the clipboard.")
                     except:
                         speak("Failed to copy the text to the clipboard.")
                         
                 if event.key == pygame.K_t:
                     try:
-                        pyperclip.copy(' '.join(text[1:-1]))
+                        # Join with newlines to preserve blank lines in full text
+                        pyperclip.copy('\n'.join(originalText[1:-1]))
                         speak("Copied entire message to the clipboard.")
                     except:
                         speak("Failed to copy the text to the clipboard.")