gtypist 2.9.5 Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 Simon Baldwin. Copyright (C) 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. Written by Simon Baldwin

`gtypist' is a typing tutor with several lessons for different keyboards and languages. New lessons can be written by the user easily. Usage: gtypist [ options... ] [ script-file ] 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/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 Report bugs to bug-gtypist@gnu.org