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Typewriter

Typewriter

Dan Silver

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6,653 installs
| (5) | Free
Human like typing for GIFs and live demos. No more typos in front of an audience!
Installation
Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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Typewriter for VS Code - Human like typing for GIFs and live demos

Demo gif of setting and playback

Extension Settings

  • typewriter.TypingMinSpeed: Lower limit on how fast to type in ms - randomized between this and max
  • typewriter.TypingMaxSpeed: Upper limit on how fast to type in ms - randomized between min and this

Commands

You can set keyboard shortcuts for the following by editing your keybindings.json file.

  • typewriter.setTypewriter: Set text from selection
  • typewriter.playback: Play
  • typewriter.pause: Pause/resume playback

Release Notes

1.0.1

  • Added pause and resume command typewriter.pause
  • Fixed issue with the commands prefix. To set custom keyboard shortcuts, use typewriter.[command] such as typewriter.pause

1.0.0

Initial release of Typewriter!

  • Set and playback text
  • Control the typing rate

Future ideas!

  • Language awareness when typing - brackets and braces first, then fill in contents
  • Set the text from other sources besides a selection including files and the clipboard
  • Set custom breakpoints for pauses during playback
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