gtypist - Man Page
a typing tutor with lessons for different keyboards and languages
Synopsis
gtypist [OPTIONS]... [SCRIPT]...
Description
GNU Typist 2.10 Copyright © 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 Felix Natter, Mihai G??tejescu Created by Simon Baldwin License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
GNU Typist is a typing tutor with several lessons for different keyboards and languages. New lessons can be written by the user easily.
- -h, --help
Print help and exit
- -V, --version
Print version and exit
- -b, --personal-best
track personal best typing speeds (default=off)
- -e, --max-error=FLOAT
default maximum error percentage; valid values are between 0.0 and 100.0 (default=`3.0')
- -n, --notimer
turn off WPM timer in drills (default=off)
- -t, --term-cursor
use the terminal's hardware cursor (default=off)
- -f, --curs-flash=P
cursor flash period P*.1 sec; valid values are between 0 and 512; this is ignored if -t is specified (default=`10')
- -c, --colours=F,B
set (F)orground and (B)ackground colours, where available (default=`7,0')
- -s, --silent
don't beep on errors (default=off)
- -q, --quiet
same as --silent (default=off)
- -l, --start-label=LABEL
start the lesson at the given label
- -w, --word-processor
try to mimic word processors (default=off)
- -k, --no-skip
forbid the user to skip exercises (default=off)
- -i, --show-errors
highlight errors with reverse video (default=off)
- -a, --sync-ahead
try to sync ahead (i.e. h_s if you type hs) (default=on)
- -S, --always-sure
do not ask confirmation questions (default=off)
- --banner-colors=F,B,P,V
set top banner colours: (F)oreground, (B)ackground, (P)ackage and (V)ersion (default=`6,0,5,1')
- --scoring=MODE
set scoring mode; valid values are "wpm" (words per minute) and "cpm" (characters per minute) (possible values="wpm", "cpm")
- --no-welcome-screen
don't show beginner tutorial message at start-up (default=off)
If not supplied, script-file defaults to the 'gtypist.typ' that came with this software. If you specify a script, the path $GTYPIST_PATH is searched for script files.
Examples
To run the default lesson in english 'gtypist.typ'
gtypist
To run the lesson in spanish
gtypist esp.typ
To instruct gtypist to look for lesson 'bar.typ' in a non standard directory
GTYPIST_PATH="/home/foo" gtypist bar.typ
To run the lesson in the file '/tmp/test.typ', starting at label 'TEST1', using the terminal's cursor, and run silently:
Reporting Bugs
Report bugs to <bug-gtypist@gnu.org>.
Copyright
Copyright © 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 Felix Natter, Mihai G??tejescu Created by Simon Baldwin License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
See Also
The full documentation for Typist is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and Typist programs are properly installed at your site, the command
info Typist
should give you access to the complete manual.