keyspeed

keyspeed - a typing speed applet for i3blocks

Install

• clone the repo

git clone github.com/indeedhat/keyspeed

• install

make
sudo make install

• disable password requirement for sudo

making any executable not require a password is dangerous, do this at your own risk

sudo echo "$USER ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/keyspeed" >> /etc/sudoers

• Add to your i3 blocks config

[cpm]
interval=persist
command=sudo keyspeed

Help

Typing speed for i3blocks

Options:

    --help, -h[=false]
    display this message

    --cpm, -c[=false]
    display characters per minute (wpm is default)

    --pad, -p[=3]
    pad the display with leading 0's

    --best, -b[=false]
    keep track of your best time for this session

    --interval, -i[=5]
    Polling interval to uodate the count in seconds

Credits

This was made possible by the excellent MarinX/keylogger library