TUXTYPE(1)

👑 TUXTYPE — the typing tutor that ate 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the tuxtype manual page, from the General Commands Manual section. yes it's section 1. yes it's iconic. sit down, grab a strawberry 🍓, and let's get you typing.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

tuxtype [OPTION] ...

that's it. that's the whole vibe. flags go in, penguin goes brrr.

🐧 DESCRIPTION 🐧

so this page is the quick lowdown on the tuxtype command, fr fr.

TuxTyping is an educational typing tutorial game and the main character is literally Tux, the Linux Penguin. 👑 Here's the gameplay loop, no cap: the player guides Tux to eat fish 🐟 that are falling from the top of the screen. Every single fish has a letter written on it, and when the player presses the corresponding key, Tux will position himself to eat that fish. the way that works is so satisfying ngl.

the game is intended for children learning to type, bestie, though it does have higher difficulty levels which even experienced typers may find challenging. so yeah, grown-ups get humbled too 😭.

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

every flag, every vibe. here we go:

• -h, --help, -help — prints this help message 🫶 (three whole ways to ask for help, slay)
• -f, --fullscreen — selects fullscreen display (this is the default)
• -w, --window — selects windowed display (i.e. not fullscreen, lil window energy 🪟)
• -s, --sound — allow in-game sounds (default) 🎵
• -ns, --nosound — disables in-game sounds 🔇 (silence era)
• -sp, --speed — speed up gameplay (for use on slower machines) 🔥
• -st, --static — static (non-scrolling) setting (helps on systems where mouse disappears) 🖱️
• -v, --version — display version number and exit ✨
• -vb, --verbose — select verbose output (for debugging) 🐛

⚠️ Warning! Verbose is /very/ verbose! like, the slashes around very are doing a LOT of heavy lifting there. you have been warned, bestie. 💀

💖 AUTHORS 💖

Sam Hart <hart@geekcomix.com>. Man page written by Laurence J. Lane <ljlane@debian.org>. absolute legends, both of them 🫶👑

and that's the whole page, babe. this one's dated Feb 6, 2001, and yeah, it's the TUXTYPE(1) of the General Commands Manual — go eat some fish, periodt. 🐟💅🌈