Interactive command line tutorial with python

[raja]

Hello everyone,
Seeing some requests for an interactive command line tutorial (like the ruby online tutorial), I wrote this tutor with python. I am relatively new to python and would appreciate comments and advice. Please untar the files to your desktop and run cmd_tutor.py from the terminal. As you can see, cmd_tutor.py parses 'lessons' written in a standard format. So it is very easy to extend this by writing more lessons.
Thanks

Update March 2009 - A new version can be downloaded from google code.

[tkjacobsen]

Very nice idea.. Just make the break between showing words shorter.. It is very annoying, because it is slower than I read... (And english is not even my native language).

EDIT:
If you add
#!/usr/bin/env python
as the first line.. The file can be executed with ./cmd_tutor.py

[raja]

Very nice idea.. Just make the break between showing words shorter.. It is very annoying, because it is slower than I read... (And english is not even my native language).

Thanks. I am planning to have an optional argument to have it go faster. Of course you can modify the sleep time in the function slowprint to make it faster.

[tkjacobsen]

Thanks. I am planning to have an optional argument to have it go faster. Of course you can modify the sleep time in the function slowprint to make it faster.

I know, but the people who will use it don't.. But it is great if you just add it as a choice when starting the program.

[raja]

I know, but the people who will use it don't.. But it is great if you just add it as a choice when starting the program.

Point well taken. Thanks again for taking the time.

[enopepsoo]

I only did lesson 1 but it was pretty cool. I ended up typing quit and changing the sleep interval like you said though.

[raja]

Update !

Here is the new version with the promised '-q' argument that will disable the slow printing. Also there are five brand new lessons. An install script is added so that the program can be installed and called up from the command line easily. More details here.

Suggestions are welcome.

[raja]

No triers yet ?

[Mike'sHardLinux]

At first, I installed it:

sudo python install.py install

After I did that, cmd_tutor would give me errors. I was only able to run it as sudo. Is this a problem with my configuration or a bug in the install process?

I uninstalled it, and just run it from the src directory and it works fine that way.

I do like it better with the -q option.

[raja]

Thanks Mike.
There was a problem with the file permissions. I have changed the install script and it will be OK now.