As far as I can see in the code, the EF should be in the SM7 text file and is 
taken into account by the importer, just as the last grade and the next 
scheduled interval.

Peter

> I am keen to "protect my learning investment" performed using SM7.
> 
> Q/A export from Supermemo7 unfortunately contains no learning
> history.
> 
> A key-term in Supermemo is "E-factor" (EF), ranging from 1.3 to 3.0,
> 1.3 indicating "very hard to learn" and 3 indicating "yo know this
> item really well".
> 
> Proposed manual conversion procedure of a ten year old SM7-DB with 10
> 000 items: Since SM7 allows me to export ranges of E-factors
> 
> 1) I create 3 (probably 10 to achieve more refinement) exported Q/A
> textfiles of items
> A. 2000 Easy items (E-factor 2.3 - 3.0)
> B. 7000 Medium (E-factor 1.6 - 2.2)
> C. 1000 Hard (E-factor 1.2 - 1.5)
> 2) I adjust the date of the computer 10 years back, import to
> Mnemosyne A. "Easy items", then "learn" by pressing spacebar while
> drinking coffe or watching a movie
> 3) Set date of the computer to correct date, repeat the "pressing-
> spacebar-while-drinking-coffe-process" (Will the Mnemosyne algorithm
> then schedule these for repetition "way into the future, as they were
> in SM?)
> 4) Do the same for B. Medium starting 5 years back instead of 10
> 5) Combine Mnemosyne A. and B. and continue my learning process
> 6) When time and eagerness permits: import portions of the "Hard
> ones" (C.), simultanously "cleaning them" (they often have  a low E-
> factor because they are not well formulated.
> 
> After lots of coffe and spacebar pressing I should be happily flying?
> / Henrik
> 
> On 27 Mai, 13:34, Peter Bienstman <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Friday, May 27, 2011 11:55:24 AM Henrik in Oslo wrote:
> > > Hi
> > > I want to import Supermemo7 text in Q:/A format.
> > > Can I select initial grade on import (as I can when adding a card
> > > "individually")?
> > 
> > Not automatically no, but the first time you see the card, the grades
> > will have the same function as the when you add the cards manually, e.g.
> > grade 5 will result in a longer initial interval than during regular
> > review.
> > 
> > Peter
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