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Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003 Simon Baldwin (simonb@sco.com)
Copyright (C) 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016,
2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
Felix Natter, Michael Opdenacker, Dmitry Rutsky,
Paul Goins, Tim Marston, Mihai Gătejescu
Copyright (C) 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 Felix Natter, Mihai Gătejescu
See the end of the file for license conditions
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THINGS TO DO for GNU Typist
See our latest TODO file at
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gtypist.git;a=blob_plain;f=TODO;hb=master
If you are interested in helping for some of the below items, we will
be glad to have you in the development team!
You can contact us by writing to bug-gtypist@gnu.org. Your suggestions
are welcome too!
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NEW FEATURE REQUESTS:
* Provide the means to randomize lesson from a script
* Provide support for Arch distros
Patch provided:
https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/ncurses.patch?h=gtypist
FOR 2.10 RELEASE
* Show correct line numbers when nonexistent label was hit in the M command.
* Add gengetopt config file parsing
* Save 'expert' to config file.
When ESCAPE is used to dismiss the beginner tutorial dialog, add 'expert'
option to user config file if ESCAPE is used to exit beginner tutorial.
* Mac OS X Package? => there is already macports or similar!
* Implement a `word processor' option to make GNU Typist accept
[SPACE] instead of [RETURN] for new lines.
(Suggested by gherald@myway.com) => use this by default in beginner
mode?
* implement option that shows enter/space characters + use it by default
only in beginner mode?
SHORT TERM
* switch to a different lesson at runtime.
This would allow to select a lesson directly in the "more lessons..." view.
* Show the label of the last exercise on exit.
So that the user can easily return to it using -l. Currently, restarting at
one of these labels won't set the banner, though.
* Show a warning when caps lock is active
* I'd like an option that only enabled wordwrapping.
The -w option does enable wordwrapping, but it also changes how paragraph
breaks and spaces after periods are handled, which I don't want. Requested
by Adam Olsen <rhamph@d2dc.net>
* Another idea is to generate our lessons files directly in our format from
spelling dictionaries, as they do in KTouch.
* Reuse lessons from dvorak7min and possibly other typing tutors.
* Improve the French translation of "lesson file"
which includes both Drills (translated by "Exercice") and Speed tests
("Tests de vitesse").
* Make a separate package for lessons
so that lessons compatible with a given gtypist version can be released
without having to release the tool again. This is already done by other
packages: gimp plug-ins or TeTeX fonts are released separately.
This is definitely need for this tool, for which tutorial files are at least
as valuable as the raw program itself.
- Provide a variant of the `n.typ' calculator keypad lesson, in which the `.'
character is replaced by `,'. Useful for some european keyboards.
* allow strings from a .typ file to be translated (things like "lesson: ")
* Test wpemu option in combination with multibyte lessons
MEDIUM TERM
* support multibyte encodings other than UTF8??
* Windows installer, shortcuts for different lessons and manual?
* Abstract gtypist front-ends, so that multiple interfaces can be written.
- move the existing ncurses code to an interface implementation.
* Add new interface: Graphical interface (GTK)
The benefits we can expect from a GTK interface are:
- Much attractive than the `ncurses' interface.
- Not using `ncurses' should avoid problems supporting different
terminal types.
- We could have a graphical control panel, to change settings
that are so far only available in the command line (keyboard
type, silent mode...)
- Easy access to help and manual
- Could still be compiled on Win32 on which GTK has been ported.
* Add new interface: Audio interface
Could use a system like Speech Dispatcher to read the lessons for visually
impaired people or people living in very dense fog.
We could also support audio typing exercises. Users would type
from a text read by a speaker. Several audio files would be
need, according to the language and the targeted typing speeded.
That would be useful for people like secretaries and
journalists.
All this could be implemented in a clean way by implementing an
event based mechanism. The core application could send interface
messages to a generic interface manager, which could according
to user settings, ask the graphical, text or audio interface to
send it to the user.
Specifications are on going.
* Save lesson prgress.
Add support for saving the last lesson (or part of a lesson) the user was
working on, so the user can easily pick up where s/he left off. (idea by
Enrique Pedroso)
* Improve the documentation of course files
* Broaden our lesson database:
- Create new lessons for other languages and keyboard types.
- Translate lessons in other languages for languages that share the same
keyboard, you can reuse instructions and drills)
- We can also look for teachers who are ready to contribute lessons or let us
reuse theirs...
- Reuse lessons from old typing teaching books which copyrights have expired
(how much time does it take?).
- This will most likely require UTF-8 support
* Better typing statistics.
Speed and accuracy for individual keys, and individual fingers. This helps
to indicate where extra practice may be useful to the user (see Jtypist
which displays this as graphical bars, using color to indicate areas that
need work). A measure of typing rhythm would also be useful.
* Emulate other keyboard types.
For example, Jtypist can pretend that you have a French, German, or Dvorak
keyboard on the system even if you don't. It will translate keypresses
between keyboard types before checking them for correctness, and registering
timings. This work requires that the program should have keyboard layout
maps available to it, and arises as a result of maintaining typing
statistics by key and by finger (the program needs to know what key is
operated by which finger).
LONG TERM
* While typing, graphically show the finger that is supposed to be used.
* Read lessons in the file formats of other free typing tutors
(such as Jtypist)
This file is a part of GNU Typist
GNU Typist is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
GNU Typist is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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