gtypist

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NAME
       gtypist - interactive typing tutor

SYNOPSIS
       gtypist [ Options... ] [ script-file ]

DESCRIPTION
       `gtypist'  is  a  typing  tutor with several lessons for different key‐
       boards and languages.  New lessons can be written by the user easily.

OPTIONS
       -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/gtyp‐
       ist/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 stan‐
              dard 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@gnu.org

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright © 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 Simon Baldwin.
       Copyright © 2003, 2004, 2008 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.



gtypist 2.8.3                    February 2009                      GTYPIST(1)