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- Committer: Bazaar Package Importer
- Author(s): Joop Stakenborg
- Date: 2006-03-18 09:47:15 UTC
- Revision ID: james.westby@ubuntu.com-20060318094715-h2sjf5b7iufaz9ov
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC
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"-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
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"docbook/docbookx.dtd">
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<refentry id='morse.1'>
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<refmeta>
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<refentrytitle>morse</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
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<refmiscinfo class='date'>January 2005</refmiscinfo>
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</refmeta>
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<refnamediv id='name'>
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<refname>morse</refname>
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<refname>QSO</refname>
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<refpurpose>Morse-code trainer and QSO generator for aspiring radio hams</refpurpose>
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</refnamediv>
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<refsynopsisdiv id='synopsis'>
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<cmdsynopsis>
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<command>morse</command>
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<arg choice='opt'>-i </arg>
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<arg choice='opt'>-I </arg>
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<arg choice='opt'>-r </arg>
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<arg choice='opt'>-n <replaceable>num</replaceable></arg>
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<arg choice='opt'>-R <replaceable>num</replaceable></arg>
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<arg choice='opt'>-N <replaceable>num</replaceable></arg>
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<arg choice='opt'>-C <replaceable>charset</replaceable></arg>
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<arg choice='opt'>-w <replaceable>num</replaceable></arg>
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<arg choice='opt'>-f <replaceable>num</replaceable></arg>
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<arg choice='opt'>-v <replaceable>num</replaceable></arg>
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<arg choice='opt'>-g <replaceable>num</replaceable></arg>
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<arg choice='opt'>-f <replaceable>num</replaceable></arg>
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<arg choice='opt'>-e </arg>
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<arg choice='opt'>-c </arg>
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<arg choice='opt'>-b </arg>
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<arg choice='opt'>-a </arg>
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<arg choice='opt'>-l </arg>
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<arg choice='opt'>-m </arg>
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<arg choice='opt'>-t </arg>
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<arg choice='opt'>-T </arg>
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<arg choice='opt'>-s </arg>
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<arg choice='opt'>-q </arg>
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<arg choice='opt'>-p <replaceable>num</replaceable></arg>
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<arg choice='opt'>-E <replaceable>num</replaceable></arg>
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<arg choice='opt'>-M <replaceable>num</replaceable></arg>
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<arg choice='opt'>-d </arg>
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<arg choice='opt'>-A </arg>
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<arg choice='opt'>-B </arg>
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<arg choice='opt'>-S </arg>
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<arg choice='opt'>-x <replaceable>num</replaceable></arg>
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<arg choice='opt'>-X <replaceable>num</replaceable></arg>
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<arg rep='repeat' choice='opt'><replaceable>word</replaceable></arg>
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</cmdsynopsis>
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</refsynopsisdiv>
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<refsect1 id='description'><title>DESCRIPTION</title>
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<para>The <command>morse</command> program is a Morse-code trainer
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intended to help aspiring radio hams pass the 5-word-per-minute
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Element 1 test. It can take test text from a text file on standard
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input, or test words from its command-line arguments, or generate
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random text (-r) or play back what you type (-i).</para>
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<para>A helper program, <command>QSO</command>, generates plausible
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QSOs that can be fed to the standard input of <command>morse</command>.</para>
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<para>The following options control the behavior of
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<command>morse</command>:</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>-i</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Play what you type.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>-I</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Like -i but don't turn off keyboard echoing.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>-r</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Generate random text. Starts out slanted towards easy
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letters, then slants towards ones you get wrong.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>-n NUM</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Make words (groups) NUM characters long.
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Valid values are between 1 and 20.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>-R NUM</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Set the total time (in minutes) to generate text.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>-N NUM (default 0 means unlimited)</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Set the total number of words (groups) to generate.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>-C 'STRING' (default all available characters)</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Select characters to send from this STRING only.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>-w </term>
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<listitem>
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<para>words_per_minute</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>-f</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>frequency_in_hertz</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>-v</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>volume (zero to one, rather nonlinear)</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>-g</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>alternate_frequency (toggles via control-G in input FILE
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at a word break)</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>-F</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Farnsworth_character_words_per_minute</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>-e</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>leave off the <SK> sound at the end</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>-c</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>complain about illegal characters instead of just ignoring
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them</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>-b</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>print each word before doing it</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>-a</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>print each word after doing it</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>-l</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>print each letter just before doing it</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>-m</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>print morse dots and dashes as they sound
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(this printing-intensive option slows the wpm down!)</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>-t</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Type along with the morse, but don't see what
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you're typing (unless you make a mistake).
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You are allowed to get ahead as much as you want.
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If you get too far behind it will stop and resync with you.
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You can force it to resync at the next word end by hitting
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control-H.
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Hit ESC to see how you are doing, control-D to end.
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(The rightmost space in the printout marks where the average is.
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Farther left spaces separate off blocks of letters that are
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about twice as probable as the average to occur, three times, etc.)</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>-T</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Like -t but see your characters (after they are played).</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>-s</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Stop after each character and make sure you get it
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right. (implies -t)</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>-q</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Quietly resyncs with your input (after you make a
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mistake).</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>-p NUM</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Make you get it right NUM times, for penance. (implies -s).</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>-E NUM</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>If your count of wrong answers minus right answers for a
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given character exceeds this, the program will start prompting
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you. If above the maximum error prompt it will never
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prompt (implies -t).</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>-M NUM</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>If you get more than this number of characters behind, pause until you
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do your next letter. 1 behind is normal, 0 behind means never pause.
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This option mplies -t.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>-d</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Dynamically speed up or slow down depending on how you are doing.
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(if also-s, then -d <emphasis>only speeds up</emphasis>!)</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>-A</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Add ISO 8859-1 (Latin-1) signs to test set.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>-B</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Add uncommon punctuation to test set.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>-S</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Add uncommon prosigns to test set.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>-X</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Set error volume. Error volume 0 means use console
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speaker.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>-x</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Set frequency of error tone.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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<para>Here is the basic International Morse codest that the program
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will train you in:</para>
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<screen>
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A .- N -. 1 .---- . .-.-.-
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B -... O --- 2 ..--- , --..--
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C -.-. P .--. 3 ...-- ? ..--..
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D -.. Q --.- 4 ....- ( -.--.
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E . R .-. 5 ..... - -....-
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F ..-. S ... 6 -....
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G --. T - 7 --...
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H .... U ..- 8 ---..
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I .. V ...- 9 ----.
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J .--- W .-- 0 -----
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K -.- X -..- / -..-.
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L .-.. Y -.-- + .-.-.
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M -- Z --.. = -...-
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</screen>
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<para>The following characters are included if one uses the -B option:</para>
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<screen>
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) -.--.- " .-..-. _ ..--.- ' .----.
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: ---... ; -.-.-. $ ...-..- ! -.-.--
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</screen>
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<para>The following procedural signals (prosigns) are also included if
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one uses -B:</para>
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<screen>
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<AR> "+" over, end of message
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<AS> "*" please stand by (<AS> 5 Wait 5 Minutes) (".-...")
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<BT> "=" (double dash) pause, break for text
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CL going off the air (clear)
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CQ calling any station
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K go, invite any station to transmit
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<KN> "(" go only, invite a specific station to transmit
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R all received OK
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<SK> "%" end of contact (sent before call) ("...-.-", known also as <VA>)
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</screen>
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<para>The following less-used prosigns are included if one
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uses the -S option:</para>
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<screen>
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<AA> "^" new line (".-.-", the same as :a, ae)
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<BK> "#" invite receiving station to transmit ("-...-.-")
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<KA> "&" attention ("-.-.-")
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<SN> "@" understood ("...-.")
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</screen>
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<para>The following characters are included if one uses the -A option:</para>
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<screen>
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:a .-.- (also for ae, the same as <AA>)
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`a .--.- (also oa, danish a with ring over it)
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ch ---- (bar-ch ?, bar-h ?, ISO 8859-1 code 199 and 231 ?)
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-d ..--. (eth, overstrike d with -, ISO 8859-1 code 208 and 240)
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`e ..-..
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~n --.--
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:o ---. (also for oe)
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:u ..-- (also for ue)
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]p .--.. (thorn, overstrike ] with p, ISO 8859-1 code 222 and 254)
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paragraph .-.-.. (ISO 8859-1 code 167 ?)
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</screen>
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<para>For the raw beginner trying to learn morse code, we recommend
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the following sequence:</para>
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<procedure>
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<step>
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<para>Start learning the alphabet:</para>
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<programlisting>
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morse -r -s -T -d -w 5 -F 15 -p 5 -E -10
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</programlisting>
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</step>
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<step>
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<para>Then drill drill drill:</para>
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<programlisting>
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morse -r -s -T -d -w 5 -F 15 -p 5 -E 0
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</programlisting>
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</step>
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<step>
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<para>Real-time drill, with hints if you really need it:</para>
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<programlisting>
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morse -r -T -d -w 5 -F 15 -M 2 -E 4
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</programlisting>
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</step>
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<step>
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<para>Simulated test:</para>
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<programlisting>
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QSO | morse -e -T -d -w 5 -F 15
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</programlisting>
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</step>
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<step>
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<para>The dreaded random-letter test:</para>
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<programlisting>
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morse -r -T -d -w 5 -F 15
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</programlisting>
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</step>
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<step>
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<para>Finally try for greater and greater speed:</para>
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<programlisting>
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morse -r -T -d -w 13 -F 24
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</programlisting>
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</step>
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</procedure>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1 id='author'><title>AUTHORS</title>
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<para>Joe Dellinger <email>joe@montebello.soest.hawaii.edu</email>.</para>
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<para>Updated 2005 by Eric S. Raymond <email>esr@thyrsus.com</email>.</para>
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<para>Other contributions by Jacek M. Holeczek and Marc Unangst.</para>
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</refsect1>
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</refentry>
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