This extension enables a words per minute counter in the status bar of the editor.
A word is counted as 5 keypresses (excluding space, delete and modifier keys).
Features
The monitor offers two modes:
a character based mode: where the wpm is calculated over the last 100 characters entered
a time based mode: where the wpm is calculated over a fixed timeframe
You can quickly switch modes for the current session or reset & restart the wpm monitor with the command prompt.
You can activate an automatic reset of the wpm if you stop typing for a specified duration.
There's also a special effect that shows in the status bar if you type faster than a specified threshold, which you can also edit via the command prompt.
Configuration
set the default mode in which the wpm monitor runs on startup
set the number of characters that should be considered for calculating the wpm in character based mode
set the duration of the time frame to be considered for calculating the wpm in time based mode
set the threshold for displaying the special effect alongside the wpm monitor
select the special effect symbol that will get displayed
enable/disable automatic reset of wpm
set the duration of the time frame after which the wpm will get reset if no new user input was recorded
Known Issues
the wpm monitor also gets displayed in the status bar if no text window is open
the wpm monitor doesn't work in jupyter notebooks that were opened with the notebook editor of the python extension
Release Notes
Release notes of mayor and minor releases. For a full changelog check CHANGELOG.md.
0.3.0
added optional automatic wpm reset after a specified duration of no new user input
made prompt configurations persisent by converting them into extension configurations
0.2.0
added a time based wpm mode and a command prompt mode switcher
added configuration options for length of the timeframe and number of characters to be considered for wpm calculation
added a special effect that is displayed after you reach a wpm threshold
added option to reset the wpm display with a command or clicking the counter in the status bar
0.1.0
added basic functionality and character based wpm mode
