Wed, 28 Mar 2007
Simulating Typing in Perl - Take Two
In my Simulating Typing in Perl post
I included a small chunk of perl for varying the typing speed of a fake
user. While it works it did have some oddities that were noticeable by a
sharp eyed viewer.
Thanks to a pointer from Mark Fowler I've now revised the script slightly and included String::KeyboardDistance. This nifty module knows how far away keys on the keyboard are from each other and so helps to smooth the delays out a little; for example the string 'aaaaa' is now typed much faster than before (because there is no travel involved) where as 'qpqpqpq' will be slower due to the finger movement - although I'm not bothered enough to make repeated sequences faster.
I've also uploaded the revised automatic typing script to UnixDaemon.net
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