Bug#646059: ITP: speedpad -- ncurses tool to test, train, and increase typing speed

[John Feuerstein <john@feurix.com>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: John Feuerstein <john@feurix.com>

* Package name    : speedpad
  Version         : 1.0
  Upstream Author : John Feuerstein <john@feurix.com>
* URL             : http://feurix.org/projects/speedpad/
* License         : GPLv3
  Programming Lang: Python
  Description     : ncurses tool to test, train, and increase typing speed

Speedpad is a small and portable, ncurses powered tool to test, train, and
increase typing speed on arbitrary text input:

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

Speedpad uses fortune(6) to generate quotes if no input is provided. It
dumps statistics to standard output in machine-readable format. This can
be used to visualize your progress using tools like gnuplot(1).

If you want to learn touch typing, have a look at gtypist(1) instead. If
you want to play typing games, have a look at tuxtype(1) and typespeed(1).


See also: http://code.google.com/p/speedpad/

-- 
John Feuerstein <john@feurix.com>