Hi Peter Thanks a lot for the comprehensive and quick reply. I will set aside time to do some further testing of import from etc. It is wonderful to know that Mnemosyne continually is beeing improved.
All ideas / hints from people who have gone through this conversion from really old version of Supermemo (7!) are of course welcome! Regards Henrik On Feb 1, 5:15 pm, Peter Bienstman <[email protected]> wrote: > > 1) Any restrictions when importing from SM 7.5? > > - field length, line-breaks, learning information > > I did not write the SM import myself, so I don't know how good it is. > There have been some reports of problems in the past if your cards > contain html formatting though. > > This might be your biggest stumbling block, and it could be that you > need to improve the importer code. > > > 2) I have found it useful in SM to copy an item, modify it and thus > > create a new item. Possible in mnemosyne ? > > No. Perhaps in 2.x, but it's not very high priority. > > > 3) I sometimes take a look at my "leeches" and make them easier or > > postpone them befor "reset" . Possible in mnemosyne ? > > You can deactivate cards having a certain category. In the current 2.0 > development code, this is much easier, as each card can have more than > 1 category/tag, and deactivating cards can happen based on arbitrary > criteria. > > > 4) I keep my learning topics in separate databases (one for Italian, > > and another for history) Possible in mnemosyne ? > > Yes, but not recommended. Certainly for 2.0, the recommended paradigm > is to have all your cards in a single database, and then activate/ > deactivate cards if you only want to study a certain subset. This way, > much more comprehensive statistical graphs can be display without > requiring a huge number of mouse clicks from the user. > > > 5) As a work around to improve SM search I've initated some items with > > fixed code, eg. "C-TIV" to indicate topic is abut congiuntivo (mode of > > verb, grammar) or IMP to indicate Imperative. How do I solve this in > > mnemosyne ? > > You could indeed start the question or the answer with a certain > string, so that they show up together when you sort the deck by > question or answer. For 2.0, it's cleaner to use tags for this. > > > 6) For bulk update of new learning I create "Q: / A:" doucument in > > Notepad before import. Similar possibility in mnemosyne ? > > Yep. Any other possibility, eg. excel? > > > 5) When testing mnemosyne the text in all cards were centered. I > > prefer align right. Possible > > In 1.x, there is switch in the txt configuration file to left align, > not right... In 2.0, you can pick any alignment, and even have > different alignments for different types of cards. Great ( I did of course mean to say that I prefer align LEFT :-) > > > 6) Can I manipulate cards (postpone for a veeery long time, change > > order etc) > > Not without editing the database behind Mnemosyne's back. I would > certainly not recommend doing so. > > > Thanks in advance! > > You're welcome! > > Peter -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mnemosyne-proj-users?hl=en.
