SYNOPSIS
gtypist [ ,options/... ] [ ,script-file /]DESCRIPTION
`gtypist' is a typing tutor with several lessons for different keyboards and languages. New lessons can be written by the user easily.OPTIONS
- -b --personal-best
- track personal best typing speeds
- -e % --max-error=%
- default maximum error percentage (default 3.0); valid values are between 0.0 and 100.0
- -n --notimer
- turn off WPM timer in drills
- -t --term-cursor
- use the terminal's hardware cursor
- -f P --curs-flash=,P/
- cursor flash period P*.1 sec (default 10); valid values are between 0 and 512; this is ignored if -t is specified
- -c F,B --colours=,F/,B
- set initial display colours where available
- -s --silent
- don't beep on errors
- -q --quiet
- same as -s, --silent
- -l L --start-label=,L/
- start the lesson at label 'L'
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-w --word-processor try to mimic word processors
- -k --no-skip
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- forbid the user to skip exercises
- -i --show-errors
- highlight errors with reverse video
- -h --help
- print this message
- -v --version
- output version information and exit
- -S --always-sure
- do not ask confirmation questions
- --banner-colors=,F/,B,P,V set top banner colours (background, foreground,
- package and version respectively)
- --scoring=,wpm/,cpm
- set scoring mode (words per minute or characters per minute)
If not supplied, script-file defaults to '/usr/local/share/gtypist/gtypist.typ'. 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 `test.typ' of directory `temp', starting at label `TEST1', using the terminal's cursor, and run silently:
- gtypist -t -q -l TEST1 /temp/test.typ
AUTHOR
Written by Simon BaldwinREPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to [email protected]COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 Simon Baldwin.Copyright © 2003, 2004, 2008, 2011 GNU Typist Development Team. This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details please see the file 'COPYING' supplied with the source code.
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; again, see 'COPYING' for details. This program is released under the GNU General Public License.