Book View

retype’s Book View with the book The Yellow Wallpaper
  1. Toolbar

    The bar at the top of the view, which contains common Book-View-specific actions.

  2. Cursor

    Represents the current position in the text.

  3. Display

    The main book display which contains the text to be typed, with the text already typed highlighted in yellow.

  4. Modeline

    The bar at the bottom of the view, which contains some information about the book and the current position therein.

  5. Stats Dock

    A collapsible and resizeable dock which displays statistics on the user’s typing rate in WPM (words per minute).

Toolbar actions

  • Back to shelves

    Return to Shelf View.

  • Cursor position

    Go to the cursor position. Hold Ctrl to instead move cursor to your current position.

  • Previous chapter

    Go to the previous chapter. Hold Ctrl to move cursor with you as well.

  • Next chapter

    Go to the next chapter. Hold Ctrl to move cursor with you as well.

  • Skip line

    Move cursor to the next line.

  • Increase font size

    Increase the Display’s font size.

  • Decrease font size

    Decrease the Display’s font size.

Most of these actions have corresponding Console commands.

The font size can also be increased or decreased using the mousewheel while holding Ctrl.

Modeline

retype’s Modeline
  1. Line position

    The line position of the cursor in the current chapter.

  2. Cursor position

    The raw cursor position in the current chapter.

  3. Book title

    The title of the book currently loaded.

  4. Percentage completed

    How far through the book the cursor is located.

  5. Chapter position (view)

    The chapter position of the chapter currently viewed.

  6. Chapter position (cursor)

    The chapter position of the cursor.

Stats Dock

The Stats Dock is the graph above the Modeline. It can be resized or collapsed using the drag handle above it. It contains the following main elements:

  1. PB

    The personal best WPM (words per minute) typing speed achieved in the current session.

  2. Current

    The current typing speed in WPM.

  3. Rectangles

    Each rectangle’s height represents the WPM achieved as a proportion of the PB. New rectangles appear on the right; the right-most rectangle represents the current WPM.

  4. Dashed lines

    Dashed lines appear every 50 WPM and are there to help gauge the WPM each rectangle represents. For example, a rectangle whose height matches the first dashed line from the bottom represents 50 WPM.

The Stats Dock updates on every letter typed correctly.