Show HN: I made a site where you practice typing by retyping entire novels

Re:Show HN: I made a site where you practice typing by retyp... by globular-toast on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @09:01AM (#24697220)

One thing I really miss is the ability to backspace an entire word. I expect Ctrl+backspace to delete the previous word. This works in all places that I usually type so I find it quite difficult to not have this.

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Re:Show HN: I made a site where you practice typing by retyp... by Octouroboros on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @09:05AM (#24697247)

Hello! I feel the same way -- Ctrl+backspace support is planned for a future update. Thanks!

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Re:Show HN: I made a site where you practice typing by retyp... by fphilipe on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @12:32PM (#24699605)

While trying it out, I've realized how I rely on ctrl-h as a more comfy backspace. I think this an Emacs binding that macOS supports system-wide. Would be great if that was supported :)

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Re:Show HN: I made a site where you practice typing by retyp... by nhlx2 on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @12:26PM (#24699523)

Awesome! I came here to say the same thing. Great work BTW!!

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Re:Show HN: I made a site where you practice typing by retyp... by olejorgenb on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @01:08PM (#24700067)

Agreed. I also suspect it's better to retype the whole word after a mistake - better to learn typing the word correctly rather than correcting the mistyped word. Absolute speed probably suffer in the short term though.

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