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I need a typing trainer for Puppy
Posted: Sat 01 Jul 2017, 10:32
by sonox
Hi folks,
I'm using Puppy in my school. I regularly get the request to make a typing trainer available.
It appears that none is currently available for Puppy.
In my research I came across a number of open source softwares:
- Ktouch
- Tipptrainer
- Tuxtype
- Typespeed
It appears that Tuxtype is rather popular.
Did I miss something? Is there a typing trainer available? How can I get one?
Kind regards,
Roman
Posted: Sat 01 Jul 2017, 11:47
by smokey01
@Roman,
What Puppy distro are you using?
I just compiled Tuxtype in Fatdog64-710 so it should be possible in other pups as well.
Source:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/tuxtyp ... t/download
To make a pet package.
Load the devx.
Extract the source code.
Enter the top level directory where you see a file called configure.
Open a terminal in that directory and type the commands one at a time.
./configure --prefix=/usr --without-sdlpango
make
make DESTDIR=/root/tuxtype-1.8.0 install
dir2pet /root/tuxtype-1.8.0
If you just want to compile and install.
./configure --prefix=/usr --without-sdlpango
make
make install
I can do it for you if you let me know your version of Puppy.
Posted: Sat 01 Jul 2017, 16:06
by sonox
Thanks for the fast reply!
Sounds great! I'm using Lupu 5.2.5.
Roman
Posted: Sat 01 Jul 2017, 17:53
by s-kami
Posted: Mon 03 Jul 2017, 04:32
by smokey01
sonox wrote:Thanks for the fast reply!
Sounds great! I'm using Lupu 5.2.5.
Roman
I had a go and failed.
Why are you using such an old distro. It was a good one though, I used it for some time.
Posted: Mon 03 Jul 2017, 04:49
by recobayu
Posted: Mon 03 Jul 2017, 07:28
by smokey01
Roman you can download gtypist on the link below.
http://www.smokey01.com/software/fun/gtypist-2.9.5.pet
It was compiled and tested in Lupu-5.2.5.
It's not as fancy as Tuxtype but it serves the same purpose.
Posted: Mon 03 Jul 2017, 09:06
by sonox
@smokey01
Thanks a lot! I’ll check it out!
I really wish I could use a newer version of puppy. I opened a discussion on my issue a few days ago. Please check it out:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 0&t=110940
Kind regards,
Roman
Posted: Mon 03 Jul 2017, 09:41
by smokey01
Posted: Tue 04 Jul 2017, 08:14
by sonox
@smokey01
Thanks for keeping at it!
I'll try it this week together with gtypist and report back to you.
Roman
Posted: Fri 07 Jul 2017, 08:29
by sonox
@smokey01
I have tested gtypist and tuxtype this morning.
gtypist is working perfectly.
tuxtype is not working yet. I downloaded and installed all 5 packages. When I launch tuxtype a windows opens just for a second and closes again... Any ideas?
Kind regards,
Roman
Posted: Sun 09 Jul 2017, 12:37
by sonox
I found the fix for the issue with tux type here:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=68875
It's a missing symlink in lupu.
Posted: Tue 18 Jul 2017, 04:21
by nilsonmorales
hey, I dont know if understand, what about klavaro
http://klavaro.sourceforge.net/en/index.html
