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GTYPIST

NAME

gtypist − a typing tutor with lessons for different keyboards and languages

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’

−w −−word−processor try to mimic word processors

−k −−no−skip

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 Baldwin

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to bug−gtypist AT gnu DOT org

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.

SEE ALSO

The full documentation for gtypist is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and gtypist programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info gtypist

should give you access to the complete manual.

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