htyper is a typing test for terminals written in Haskell using Brick.

First make sure you have stack installed. You can install it here. Then clone the repo:

$ git clone https://github.com/Simon-Hostettler/htyper.git

And install htyper:

$ cd htyper
$ stack install

If you're on Apple Silicon and get a compilation error, try running:

C_INCLUDE_PATH="`xcrun --show-sdk-path`/usr/include/ffi" stack install htyper

This will create a copy of the executable in ~/.local/bin . If you want to run htyper from any directory, you should add this to your PATH. This was only tested on Linux, I can't guarantee that installation on another OS will work.

htyper uses the DECSCUSR escape sequence to change the cursor shape, which might not be supported by every terminal.

Usage: htyper [-q|--quote ARG] [-l|--line_length ARG] [-n|--num_words ARG]
Available options:
  -m,--mode ARG            possible arguments: quote, random, timed
  -t,--time ARG            How long the test should run, only affects timed mode
                           (default: 30)
  -l,--line_length ARG     Number of words to display per line (default: 10)
  -n,--num_words ARG       Number of Words to randomly select (default: 50)
  -h,--help                Show this help text

Running htyper will create the file ~/.config/htyper/htyper.conf, which contains the following settings:

You can change these lines as you want, but setting them to a value outside of the defined range might have unexpected results.

If you want to change the wordlist, you can edit textfiles/1000us.text, or you can add quotes to textfiles/quotes.txt delimited by a ^_^.

If you have any ideas or suggestions just open an issue or create a pull request.