💡 [FEAT] adjustments for number string length and frequency and punctuation frequency and type

[drjaska]

Currently number string frequency and length are not controllable, there's only an on/off switch. Same for punctuation but for punctuation it would also be nice to be able to control what punctuation characters are able to appear. Preferably as writable list like {[()]}*!=?&.,_:;~'|<>^ if that's not too hard to implement.

I've recently setup additional keylayers commonly used on 40% keyboards so I'm able to type numbers and special characters without leaving the letter keys, this looks like a good offline trainer for learning those layers which is usable even on a shittop but its numbers and special characters are far too sparse for my preferences and I feel like I'm wasting time writing regular words too much.

[kraanzu]

Hmm, I can create two menus:

• The first one will have a multiple-checkbox type option to choose which punctuations they wanna use... which as you mentioned will consist of {[()]}*!=?&.,_:;~'|<>^
• Secondly, I can use a floating menu just like the size menus for time/words mode consisting of options like low, med, high, max?

How does that sound? Feel free to add more if you have any other suggestions :)

[drjaska]

low med high max without any said meaning how much they are is obfuscating but sounds good otherwise.

[kraanzu]

low med high max without any said

If you've noticed, all the menus have a title which explains how the setting is going to affect the typing experience
I can add a simple title like: Choose frequency of punctutations:
Now low med high max make sense :)

[drjaska]

low med high max are not exact or accurately descriptive unlike "Replace the word with a random number every X words" or "Every Y words will require punctuation after the word".

[kraanzu]

Seems fair enough.... Guess I'll add a custom input box then :)

[ponderstine]

Any way I could help out on this? feel comfortable at least with the logic and algorithm of the backend and can learn string parsing enough for TUI in python :) Never done anything open source before but I'm a full-time SWE and I'd love to get some experience.

[kraanzu]

Hey @ponderstine,
You are welcome to contribute. You can start by adding a NumberScroll Widget setting for something like this:

"Every Y words will require punctuation after the word"

and then can change the paragraph generator acccordingly?