Hi Cheryl,
> Our problem is that the Tux of Math program runs too fast for him.
For the lessons ("Math Command Training Academy"), you can speed up or
slow down the program using the up and down arrow keys. You can also
pause the program by typing 'p'. These options are disabled for the
"Arcade" games, where the goal is to beat the highest score.
> Is there anyway to change the settings to allow for 1 math problem to pop
> up on the screen at a time verse multiple questions appearing?
The question lists and gameplay are extremely customizable if you
like. To play a customized game rather than one of the many bundled
lessons, you would edit the custom game settings to your liking, by
editing the options file in your tuxmath home directory. On a Windows
system, this is:
C:\Documents And Settings\USER\Application Data\TuxMath\options.txt,
(substituting the actual user name for USER, of course).
Open this file with a text editor (e.g. notepad), and look for where
it says "max_comets = 10", and change it to say "max_comets = 1", and
save it. Then, if you play a "Custom Game" (go to "Play Alone", then
"Play Custom Game"), there will only be one comet on the screen at a
time.
(If you are happily using Linux, the tuxmath home directory is simply
".tuxmath" under your home directory).
If you like, you can modify all the bundled lessons in the same way.
The config files are all stored under data/missions wherever tuxmath
was installed, and they are all human-readable and modifiable.
(Note, however, that most Windows apps, including Notepad, will not
correctly handle Unix linebreaks, so the text config files will appear
to have one extremely long line).
Hope that helps,
David Bruce
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