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  • Looking for an advanced offline touch typing tutor

    From Ottavio Caruso@21:1/5 to All on Mon Feb 20 12:20:01 2023
    Hi,

    When I'm out and about and scrounging on somebody else's wifi, I use
    keybr [1] and monkeytype [2] to improve my typing skills. The latter is
    great. You can test on letters only, numbers only, advanced punctuation,
    all sorts of ASCII characters.

    At home, I have no Internet (personal choice).

    I've tried Klavaro, Gtypist and tipp10 but they all look too basic to me.

    I need an offline tutor that supports multiple layouts and has also
    exercises on advanced characters.

    Is there any such a thing?

    [1] https://www.keybr.com/

    [2] https://monkeytype.com/


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    Ottavio Caruso

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  • From Yassine Chaouche@21:1/5 to All on Mon Feb 20 15:10:01 2023
    Hello Ottavio,

    Recently,
    I've been thinking :
    why does the space bar span 6 keys?
    should I try another layout?
    I heard dvorak was optimal.
    What do you think about it?


    Best,

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  • From Stefan Monnier@21:1/5 to All on Mon Feb 20 15:20:01 2023
    why does the space bar span 6 keys?

    Because you chose a keyboard whose designers liked the number 6 for the
    space bar. The one I currently use only spans 5 keys, I'm sure others
    are shorter and yet others may be longer.


    Stefan

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  • From Ottavio Caruso@21:1/5 to All on Mon Feb 20 15:50:01 2023
    Am 20/02/2023 um 14:18 schrieb Stefan Monnier:
    why does the space bar span 6 keys?

    Because you chose a keyboard whose designers liked the number 6 for the
    space bar. The one I currently use only spans 5 keys, I'm sure others
    are shorter and yet others may be longer.


    Stefan



    Thank you both for derailing the thread.

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    Ottavio Caruso

    A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
    Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
    A: Top-posting.
    Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?

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  • From local10@21:1/5 to All on Tue Feb 21 08:50:01 2023
    Feb 20, 2023, 11:15 by ottavio2006-usenet2012@yahoo.com:

    I've tried Klavaro, Gtypist and tipp10 but they all look too basic to me.

    I need an offline tutor that supports multiple layouts and has also exercises on advanced characters.

    Is there any such a thing?

    [1] https://www.keybr.com/

    [2] > https://monkeytype.com/



    I used Klavaro myself, it was sufficient for my needs. See https://www.ubuntupit.com/best-typing-tutor-software-for-linux-to-increase-your-typing-skill/ for some tips, maybe one of them will do.

    Also, there are typing games: https://blends.debian.org/games/tasks/typing

    Regards,

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  • From Jeffrey Walton@21:1/5 to a.chaouche@algerian-radio.dz on Tue Feb 21 09:20:01 2023
    On Mon, Feb 20, 2023 at 9:04 AM Yassine Chaouche
    <a.chaouche@algerian-radio.dz> wrote:

    I've been thinking :
    why does the space bar span 6 keys?

    The space originated as two keys, one on each side of the typewriter.
    When it was implemented, the designers decided to join the two keys
    into a bar.

    http://xahlee.info/kbd/typewriter_spacebar_history.html

    should I try another layout?
    I heard dvorak was optimal.
    What do you think about it?

    Jeff

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