plover-tapey-tape
plover-tapey-tape
is an alternative to Plover’s built-in paper tape. It provides a side-by-side view of strokes and translations as well as extra information such as bars to the left representing how long each stroke took.
| KP A |
++ | H AO*E R S | Here's
+ | WH A | what
| T | it
++++ | HRAO B G Z| looks
++ | HRAO EU B G | like
+ | T P H | in
+ | P RA B G S | practice
+ | T P P L | .
As you write, the paper tape is written in real time to a file named tapey_tape.txt
in Plover’s configuration directory:
- Windows:
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\plover
- macOS:
~/Library/Application Support/plover
- Linux:
~/.config/plover
You can review the file afterwards or use a tool like tail -f
to get a real-time feed.
Configuration
To configure this plugin, create a JSON file named tapey_tape.json
in Plover’s configuration directory (see above). The available options are as follows:
bar_time_unit
: The amount of time in seconds each+
sign represents. Defaults to0.2
.bar_max_width
: The maximum number of+
signs shown. Set this to0
to hide the bars. Defaults to5
.
For example, to stretch out the bars to twice the default width, you can use
{
"bar_time_unit": 0.1,
"bar_max_width": 10
}