Re: [bug-gtypist] Converting legacy double spaces convention to modern single space after sentence (patch)

[Felix Natter]

Chris Jones <address@hidden> writes:

> On Sun, Mar 11, 2018 at 01:52:36PM EDT, Michał Parkoła wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I'm using GNU Typist to finally learn proper touch typing with all fingers
>> as opposed to the organic method I've grown into over the years.
>> 
>> I like the simplicity and availability of gtypist on almost any
>> terminal-enabled device, but I am not a fan of learning the legacy double
>> space method, so I've tweaked the course files to remove it.
>> 
>> Attached is a patch converting double spaces to single spaces (along with
>> the instructions, where relevant).
>> 
>> If you agree with this change I will also go through the other lessons.
>> 
>> Michał
>
> 1. Regarding Felix Natter's "static approach", check out this link:
>
>    https://github.com/inaimathi/gtypist-single-space

I did not suggest this, I am in favor of the "dynamic" approach.

> 2. As to the dynamic/on-the-fly approach, it is already implemented
>    among other things via gtypist's -w flag. 
>
> From the changelog in /usr/share/doc/gtypist/changelog.gz (debian
> stable):
>
> | Version 2.2a:
> |   - Added word processing like behaviour to the exercises, so that
> |     multiple spaces combine into one, return moves to the next
> |     paragraph, space is accepted at the end of a line, and hyphens
> |     at a line's end are skipped.
>
> [...]
>
> Run "gtypist -w" from the shell prompt if you want to give it a try.

Thanks for reminding us ;-) Maybe it's a good idea to add a flag with
_only_ fixes double-spaces. Of course I leave this up to the new
maintainer.

Cheers and Best Regards,
-- 
Felix Natter
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