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typing
Debian's typing games

This metapackage will install typing games.

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dvorak7min
typing tutor for Dvorak keyboards
Maintainer: Martin Kelly
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dvorak7min is a typing tutor to help you learn the Dvorak keyboard layout.

It consists of 29 short lessons and will gives immediate feedback on typing speed and accuracy.

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klavaro
Flexible touch typing tutor
Maintainer: Bart Martens
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Klavaro is a simple tutor to teach correct typing, almost independently of language and very flexible regarding to new or unknown keyboard layouts.

Its key features are:

  • Internationalization
  • Ready to use keyboard layouts
  • Keyboard layout editor
  • Basic course
  • Adaptability, velocity and fluidness exercises
  • Progress charts.
nlkt
non-linear keyboard trainer
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Nlkt is a lightweight keyboard trainer (touch-typing tutor).

Non-linearness means that the program use dynamic, not static exercises, which are based on the current user's progress and mistakes.

Exercises are built from user's mistakes and fortunes.

Features: multiple accounts for single user, support for several layouts, visual keyboard state, keyboard hints.

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pacvim
pacman game concept with vim command
Maintainer: kokoye2007 (Boyuan Yang)
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PacVim is a game that teaches you vim commands. You must move pacman (the green cursor) to highlight each word on the gameboard while avoiding the ghosts (in red).

Vim is a great tool to write and edit code, but many people, including me, struggled with the steep learning curve. I did not find a fun, free way to learn about the vim commands in-depth, and thus, PacVim was born. Inspired by the classic, PacMan, PacVim is a game that'll give anyone plenty of practice with the vim commands while being a ton of fun to play.

randtype
semi-random text typer
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Randtype is a small utility to output characters or lines at random intervals. There are a few command line options to refine the output. With it you can output files to the screen, and if you configured it well, it will look like someone is actually typing - with optional typos even.

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tuxtype
Educational Typing Tutor Game Starring Tux
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TuxTyping is an educational typing tutorial game starring Tux, the Linux Penguin. The player guides Tux to eat fish which are falling from the top of the screen. Each fish has a letter written on it. When the player presses the corresponding key, Tux will position himself to eat the fish. The game is intended for children learning to type, though it does have higher difficulty levels which even experienced typists may find challenging.

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typespeed
Zap words flying across the screen by typing them correctly
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Typespeed is a game in which words fly across your screen. Your task is to zap the words by typing them before they cross the screen. If too many words get by you, the game is over.

xletters
Type falling words before they land
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A typing practice game for X similar to typespeed and tuxtype. Words chosen from the system's wordlist fall from the top of the screen and must be typed correctly to score. In a challenge stage, random sequences of characters appear instead of words. Head-to-head networked play is possible with xletters-duel.

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