<?xml version="1.0" ?> <!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [ <!ENTITY kappname "&ktouch;"><!-- replace kapp here --> <!ENTITY package "kdeedu"> <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> <!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE"><!-- change language only here --> ]> <book lang="&language;"> <bookinfo> <title>The &ktouch; Handbook</title> <authorgroup> <author> <firstname>Haavard</firstname> <surname>Froeiland</surname> <affiliation> <address><email>haavard@users.sourceforge.net</email></address> </affiliation> </author> <!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS --> </authorgroup> <copyright> <year>1999</year> <year>2000</year> <year>2001</year> <year>2002</year> <holder>Haavard Froeiland</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice>&FDLNotice;</legalnotice> <date>2002-10-08</date> <releaseinfo>1.2</releaseinfo> <abstract> <para>&ktouch; is a program for learning to touch type. &ktouch; provides you with text to train on, and adjust to different levels, depending on how good you are. It can display which key to press next, and the correct finger to use.</para> </abstract> <keywordset> <keyword>KDE</keyword> <keyword>touchwriting</keyword> <keyword>touchtyping</keyword> <keyword>typing</keyword> <keyword>maschinschreiben</keyword> <keyword>Froeiland</keyword> <keyword>education</keyword> <keyword>KTouch</keyword> <keyword>Touch</keyword> <keyword>Type</keyword> </keywordset> </bookinfo> <chapter id="introduction"> <title>Introduction</title> <para>&ktouch; is a program for learning to touch type.</para> <para>&ktouch; provides you with text to train on, and adjust to different levels, depending on how good you are. It can display which key to press next, and the correct finger to use. It's the perfect touch typing tutor, you learn typing with all the fingers without looking at the keys, in an step by step way. It is convenient for all ages, and the perfect typing tutor for schools, universities and individuals. It is free and licensed under the &GNU; Public License, so you will never have to pay anything for the programm, or any update. </para> </chapter> <chapter id="using-ktouch"> <title>Using &ktouch;</title> <para>Here's a screenshot of &ktouch; in action:</para> <screenshot> <screeninfo>&ktouch; main screen</screeninfo> <mediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="screenshot1.png" format="PNG" width="300"/> </imageobject> <textobject> <phrase>&ktouch; main screen</phrase> </textobject> </mediaobject> </screenshot> <para>You see that using &ktouch; is easy to use, and even children can learn touch typing with it.</para> <screenshot> <screeninfo>&ktouch; with keyboard option dialog</screeninfo> <mediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="screenshot2.png" format="PNG" width="300"/> </imageobject> <textobject> <phrase>&ktouch; with the keyboard option dialog visible.</phrase> </textobject> <caption> <para>Screenshot of &ktouch;'s keyboard option dialog.</para> </caption> </mediaobject> </screenshot> <para>Change the layout of your keyboard, so people all over the world can use it!</para> <screenshot> <screeninfo>&ktouch; with the training option</screeninfo> <mediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="screenshot3.png" format="PNG" width="300"/> </imageobject> <textobject> <phrase>&ktouch; with the training option dialog visible</phrase> </textobject> <caption><para>Here is a screenshot of &ktouch;'s training dialog.</para> </caption> </mediaobject> </screenshot> <para>If you are too good for this world, you can change the level.</para> </chapter> <chapter id="faq"> <title>Questions and Answers</title> <qandaset id="faqlist"> <qandaentry id="make-training-file"> <question> <para>Can I make my own training files?</para> </question> <answer> <para> Yes you can. Make a file as described below and call it something like <filename>myfile.ktouch</filename> To use this file go to <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Open</guimenuitem></menuchoice> and find your file.Another good way to make your own training files is just to modify the existing files. If you look at the top of the &ktouch; window, you should see the name of the training file in use.</para> <screen width="40">---myTrainingFile.ktouch----- #This is a example of a training file (and a comment) #This will be level one jf fj jf fjf jf jjf jf jfjf jfj jfj fj fjfj jf fj fj fjf jf jf #A blank line indicates then next level, so this is level two lskdk djslk fjkdlskdjf lskdj f kdfj lksjdl kjsldf lsdkksldslk </screen> <para>To add more levels just make blank spaces between the levels. If you want to have comments in your file, use # at the beginning of the line. </para> </answer> </qandaentry> <qandaentry> <question> <para>My keyboard doesn't look like the keyboard on the screen?</para> </question> <answer> <para>It is possible to make your own keyboard file. See the <link linkend="contribute">How can I contribute</link> section.</para> </answer> </qandaentry> <qandaentry> <question> <para>Will I ever have to pay for &ktouch;?</para> </question> <answer> <para>No, never. But you can send a pizza voucher to the developer, so he gets fat and the only thing he can do, is code and code and code!</para> </answer> </qandaentry> <qandaentry> <question> <para>Will there ever be a &Windows; version?</para> </question> <answer> <para>No, at the moment not, but you can download the source and make your own windows version. It should not be a big problem, because it is written with Trolltech's &Qt; libs. But for what do you need &Windows;? Get the latest &Linux;, and you will live on the edge.</para> </answer> </qandaentry> </qandaset> </chapter> <chapter id="contribute"> <title>How can I contiribute?</title> <qandaset id="tasks"> <qandaentry> <question> <para>Make a training file</para> </question> <answer> <para>Yes you can. See the <link linkend="make-training-file">answer in the <acronym>FAQ</acronym></link> for more information and an example of the file format.</para> </answer> </qandaentry> <qandaentry> <question> <para>Making a new keyboard file</para> </question> <answer> <para>You will find a complete keyboard file below with comments. Just edit the file <filename>keyboard.en</filename> and save it as <filename>keyboard.<replaceable>yourContryCode</replaceable></filename>.</para> <para>Please let me know if you are making a new keyboard file, at <email>haavard@users.sourceforge.net</email></para> <screen width="40">#################################################### # KTouch # Keyboard layout file #################################################### # # # FingerKey: This class represents the keys where # your fingers should rest between typing. # # ASCII KeyText x y FingerKey 97 A 18 20 FingerKey 115 S 28 20 FingerKey 100 D 38 20 FingerKey 102 F 48 20 FingerKey 106 J 78 20 FingerKey 107 K 88 20 FingerKey 108 L 98 20 FingerKey 59 ; 108 20 # # # ControlKey: This class will represent all the # control keys that you are using. These keys # will be used later when you want to use uppercase. # # ASCII KeyText x y Width # ControlKey 260 Tab 0 10 15 ControlKey 13 Enter 128 20 22 ControlKey 258 Shift 123 30 27 ControlKey 264 Alt 120 40 15 ControlKey 265 Ctrl 135 40 15 ControlKey 263 Alt 15 40 15 ControlKey 262 Ctrl 0 40 15 ControlKey 32 Space 30 40 90 ControlKey 257 Shift 0 30 23 ControlKey 259 Caps_L 0 20 18 # # # NormalKey: This class represents all the # normal keys where you don't need to press # anything else than just one key. That would # basically be all the numbers and the lowercase # letters. For this class you have to indicate # whitch finger key you are going to use. # # ASCII KeyText x y FingerKey # NormalKey 96 ` 0 0 97 NormalKey 49 1 10 0 97 NormalKey 50 2 20 0 115 NormalKey 51 3 30 0 100 NormalKey 52 4 40 0 102 NormalKey 53 5 50 0 102 NormalKey 54 6 60 0 106 NormalKey 55 7 70 0 106 NormalKey 56 8 80 0 107 NormalKey 57 9 90 0 108 NormalKey 48 0 100 0 59 NormalKey 95 - 110 0 59 NormalKey 61 = 120 0 59 NormalKey 92 \ 130 0 59 NormalKey 8 <- 140 0 59 # NormalKey 113 Q 15 10 97 NormalKey 119 W 25 10 115 NormalKey 101 E 35 10 100 NormalKey 114 R 45 10 102 NormalKey 116 T 55 10 102 NormalKey 121 Y 65 10 106 NormalKey 117 U 75 10 106 NormalKey 105 I 85 10 107 NormalKey 111 O 95 10 108 NormalKey 112 P 105 10 59 NormalKey 91 [ 115 10 59 NormalKey 93 ] 125 10 59 # NormalKey 103 G 58 20 102 NormalKey 104 H 68 20 106 NormalKey 39 ' 118 20 59 # NormalKey 122 Z 23 30 97 NormalKey 120 X 33 30 115 NormalKey 99 C 43 30 100 NormalKey 118 V 53 30 102 NormalKey 98 B 63 30 102 NormalKey 110 N 73 30 106 NormalKey 109 M 83 30 106 NormalKey 44 , 93 30 107 NormalKey 46 . 103 30 108 NormalKey 47 / 113 30 59 # # # HiddenKey: This are all the keys that # you can't see. That means that you have # to use a control key to get them. Basically # these are all the uppercase letters. # # ASCII Target Finger Control # HiddenKey 65 97 97 258 #A HiddenKey 66 98 102 258 #B HiddenKey 67 99 100 258 #C HiddenKey 68 100 100 258 #D HiddenKey 69 101 100 258 #E HiddenKey 70 102 102 258 #F HiddenKey 71 103 102 258 #G HiddenKey 72 104 106 258 #H HiddenKey 73 105 107 258 #I HiddenKey 74 106 106 258 #J HiddenKey 75 107 107 258 #K HiddenKey 76 108 106 258 #L HiddenKey 77 109 106 258 #M HiddenKey 78 110 106 258 #N HiddenKey 79 111 108 258 #O HiddenKey 80 112 59 258 #P HiddenKey 81 113 97 258 #Q HiddenKey 82 114 102 258 #R HiddenKey 83 115 115 258 #S HiddenKey 84 116 102 258 #T HiddenKey 85 117 106 258 #U HiddenKey 86 118 102 258 #V HiddenKey 87 119 115 258 #W HiddenKey 88 120 115 258 #X HiddenKey 89 121 106 258 #Y HiddenKey 90 122 97 258 #Z</screen> <para>If you need aditional help please send me an email at <email>haavard@users.sourceforge.net</email>.</para> </answer> </qandaentry> <qandaentry> <question> <para>Find some bugs or give some suggestions</para> </question> <answer> <para> If you find some bugs in the program, or have some suggestions for improvements, please let me know. </para> </answer> </qandaentry> </qandaset> </chapter> <chapter id="credits"> <title>Credits and License</title> <para>&ktouch;</para> <para> Program Copyright, 1999, 2000, 2001 Haavard Froeiland <email>haavard@users.sourceforge.net</email> </para> <para> Contributors:</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem><para>Frank Quotschalla, German keyboard and german training file and translation.</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Ernesto Hernández-Novich, Latinamerican keyboard</para></listitem> <listitem><para>João Miguel Neves, Portuguese keyboard</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Henri Girard, Frence keyboard</para></listitem> </itemizedlist> <!-- TRANS:CREDIT_FOR_TRANSLATORS --> &underFDL; <!-- FDL: do not remove --> &underGPL; <!-- GPL License --> </chapter> <appendix id="installation"> <title>Installation</title> <sect1 id="getting-ktouch"> <title>How to obtain &ktouch;</title> &install.intro.documentation; <para>&ktouch; has its own home page on Sourceforge <ulink url="http://www.sourceforge.net">Sourceforge</ulink>, at <ulink url="http://ktouch.sourceforge.net">http://ktouch.sourceforge.net</ulink></para> </sect1> <sect1 id="requirements"> <title>Requirements</title> <para> In order to successfully use &ktouch; (version > 0.7), you need &kde; > 2.0 . </para> <para> &ktouch; itself can be found on <ulink url="http://edu.kde.org/ktouch">The &ktouch; home page</ulink> and is part of the KDE-Edu project and <ulink url="ftp://ktouch.sourceforge.net">the &ktouch; &FTP; server</ulink>. </para> <para>You can find a list of changes at <ulink url="http://ktouch.sourceforge.net">http://ktouch.sourceforge.net</ulink>.</para> </sect1> <sect1 id="compilation"> <title>Compilation and Installation</title> &install.compile.documentation; </sect1> </appendix> &documentation.index; </book> <!-- Local Variables: mode: sgml sgml-minimize-attributes:nil sgml-general-insert-case:lower sgml-indent-step:0 sgml-indent-data:nil End: // vim:ts=2:sw=2:tw=78:noet -->
