TypeMan

Typing speed test with practice mode in GUI, TUI and CLI

Installation

Crates.io:

Install the default version (all modes: CLI, GUI, TUI):

cargo install typeman

You can also install only the modes you want by using --no-default-features and specifying features::

• only TUI:

  cargo install typeman --no-default-features --features tui
  

• only TUI and CLI:

  cargo install typeman --no-default-features --features "tui cli"
  

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Tweaks on installs:

Additional action needed for succesfull install

On MacOS:

cargo install --target x86_64-apple-darwin typeman

On Ubuntu (before installing):

sudo apt-get install libfontconfig1-dev
sudo apt install libasound2-dev

On Fedora (before installing):

sudo dnf install alsa-lib-devel

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From source:

1. clone repo

git clone https://github.com/mzums/typeman      

2. enter project

cd typeman

3. run

cargo run

Modes:

• TUI (ratatui)
• GUI (macroquad)
• CLI

CLI parameters:

• word number: number of displayed words
• top words: number of top most common english words used to generae test
• time: duration of the test in time mode
• quote: random quote
• punctuation: punctuation in word number and time modes
• digits: digits in word and time modes
• level - practice level

Commands:

• typeman - TUI
• typeman --gui - GUI
• typeman --cli - CLI
  • typeman --cli -c ./text.txt - custom file
  • typeman --cli -q - random quote
  • typeman --cli (-t=30) -n=500 - 30s (default) test with random words from 500 most used english words
  • typeman --cli -w=50 -n=500 -p -d - 50 random words from 500 most used english words with punctuation and digits
  • typeman --cli -l - list all practice levels
  • typeman --cli -l=1 - practice first level

Customization:

• multi-language support
• multiple themes

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Credits:

• https://github.com/dwyl/quotes
• https://github.com/JackShannon/1000-most-common-words/blob/master/1000-common-english-words.txt
• Indonesian common words compiled from various online dictionaries and frequency lists
• https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Roboto+Mono?preview.text=Whereas%20recognition%20of%20the%20inherent%20dignity

Special thanks to piter231 for testing!