NAME

speedpad - ncurses tool to test, train, and increase typing speed

SYNOPSIS

speedpad [OPTIONS] [--] [FILE [FILE ...]]
speedpad [...] -c [--] [CMD [ARG ...]]

DESCRIPTION

speedpad is an interactive ncurses tool to test, train, and increase typing speed on arbitrary text input:

o: designed for intermediate to advanced level typists
o: assumes that you have already learned how to touch type
o: no lessons, no single words, no synthetic stuff
o: tab expansion, auto indentation and syntax support to train on code
o: reference speed robot (defaults to 100 WPM)
o: supports CPS, CPM, WPM, PPM, and CPH/KPH metrics
o: shows detailed statistics about speed and typos
o: helps to find and eliminate frequent typos

OPTIONS

--version: show version number and exit
-h, --help: show help message and exit
-c: use positional arguments as command line (default: False)
-o FILE: write stats dump to file (default: <stdout>)
--wpm: speed in words per minute (default: True)
--cpm: speed in chars per minute (default: False)
--cps: speed in chars per second (default: False)
--speed SPEED: reference speed in matching unit (default: 100.0)
--wrap WIDTH: wrap text at specified width (default: 0)
[<0 = disable, 0 = auto, >0 = fixed]
--user NAME: set custom user name (default: <login name>)
--tabsize N: set custom tabsize (default: 8)
--strict: require manual line breaks (default: False)
--indent: enable auto indentation (default: False)
--syntax: enable syntax support (default: False)
--no-strip: keep excessive whitespace in text (default: False)
--no-robot: disable the reference speed robot (default: False)
--no-color: disable colors (default: False)
--no-stats: disable stats dump on stdout (default: False)
--code: equals --no-strip --indent --syntax

The following options should be used carefully:

--input-encoding encoding
--output-encoding encoding
--filesystem-encoding encoding

For a full list of supported encodings, see:
http://docs.python.org/library/codecs.html#standard-encodings

KEYBINDS

ENTER: load next quote (if not started)
CTRL-X: reset counters and position, restart quote (if started)
CTRL-D: stop current round and show statistics (if started)
CTRL-Q: quit gracefully and dump stats
CTRL-C: quit forcefully and do not dump stats

UP/DOWN/LEFT/RIGHT

PGUP/PGDOWN/HOME/END

Press space, tab, or any alphanumeric key to start typing.

EXAMPLES

speedpad file1 file2 file3
grep ^foo words | speedpad
speedpad -c -- fortune -s -n 500
speedpad -c -- fortune 40% startrek 60% linux
speedpad /usr/src/linux/README
speedpad --code /usr/src/linux/mm/pagewalk.c

write stats to file:: speedpad > stats
speedpad >> stats (append)
speedpad -o stats (append)
show speed for all records:: gnuplot -p -e "plot 'stats' using 15
smooth sbezier title 'wpm'"
show speed development over time:: gnuplot -p -e "set xdata time; set timefmt '%s';
plot 'stats' using 1:15
smooth sbezier title 'wpm'"
show speed in relation to elapsed typing time:: gnuplot -p -e "plot 'stats' using 3:15
smooth sbezier title 'wpm'"
show typos in relation to speed:: gnuplot -p -e "plot 'stats' using 15:11
smooth sbezier title 'typos'"

AUTHOR

speedpad and this man page was written by John Feuerstein.

20 Oct 2011