NAME

Typist - a typing tutor with lessons for different keyboards and languages

SYNOPSIS

gtypist [OPTION]... [SCRIPT]...

DESCRIPTION

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

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <bug-gtypist@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 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.