Interesting. Thanks for the help. I think it could save me lots and lots of time.
Best, Rax. On Jan 27, 10:52 am, Nick B <[email protected]> wrote: > I use Excel to make sets of complex cards. The easiest way to get the > correct format is to copy and paste into a text file. It just happens > to format the text correctly. > > Nick > (please excuse any errors, this was written on an iPad) > > On Jan 26, 2011, at 23:52, Peter Bienstman <[email protected]> wrote:> > On Thursday, January 27, 2011 03:35:52 am G. wrote: > >>> Just create a single text file with the first column the question, and > >>> the second column the answer. > > >> No delimiter is required for separating the columns? They are of > >> uneven lengths and include spaces . . . > > > The columns should be delimited by tab. > > >> Can this equally be done in an excel or numbers spreadsheet? Would it > >> follow the same syntax (first col: Q, 2nd col: A)? > > > Yes, but then you'd need to export the excel file to a txt file first > > anyway. > > > Cheers, > > > Peter > > >> Thank you for the help, > > >> Rax > > >> On Jan 26, 5:34 am, Peter Bienstman <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> Hi, > > >>> Just create a single text file with the first column the question, and > >>> the second column the answer. You don't need to do anything special for > >>> images, just have the <img src="path/foo.png"> tags in the text. > > >>> After you import this text file, you can select all these cards in the > >>> card browser, right click, and do 'add vice versa'. > > >>> However, unless you need this text file for some other purpose, I would > >>> just recommend adding the info directly to Mnemosyne through 'add > >>> cards'. > > >>> Cheers, > > >>> Peter > > >>> On Wednesday, January 26, 2011 03:52:09 am G. wrote: > >>>> Howdy! > > >>>> I regularly upload around 80 new cards with associated sound files. Up > >>>> to date I have done this by a) creating a text file numbering the > >>>> questions, one question per line b) creating another text file > >>>> numbering the answers, one per line c) naming the audio files in order > >>>> so that their number matches the Q/A number and storing them in > >>>> Mnemosyne and then d) adding each card one by one (copy paste > >>>> question, copy-paste answer, add sound, set initial score). This is > >>>> slow! > > >>>> I've recently written a script that automatically names my audio > >>>> files, which made me think: "there /must/ be a better way to do this!" > >>>> so that's my question - is there a better way to add these cards?! > > >>>> It would be relatively easy for me to create an excel file with one > >>>> column questions and the other column answers, but what exactly do I > >>>> have to do to ensure that the audio files are also associated with the > >>>> cards and that the reverse card is also added? > > >>>> Thanks in advance, > > >>>> Rax > > >>> -- > >>> Peter Bienstman > >>> Ghent University, Dept. of Information Technology > >>> Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41, B-9000 Gent, Belgium > >>> tel: +32 9 264 34 46, fax: +32 9 264 35 93 > >>> WWW:http://photonics.intec.UGent.be > >>> email: [email protected] > > > -- > > Peter Bienstman > > Ghent University, Dept. of Information Technology > > Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41, B-9000 Gent, Belgium > > tel: +32 9 264 34 46, fax: +32 9 264 35 93 > > WWW:http://photonics.intec.UGent.be > > email: [email protected] > > > -- > > 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 > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/mnemosyne-proj-users?hl=en. -- 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.
