On 4 Sep, 20:59, Peter Bienstman <[email protected]> wrote: > > Henrik testing Mnemosyne 2.0 on Windows 7 64 bit. (The DB is > > originally created in Mnemosyne 1.2.2) > > > 2.01 On previewing cards in browse window I notice that only for cards > > that are front-to-back there is a "Next"-button > > Isn't it only for cards that are NOT front-to-back that there is a next > button? > > Note that this preview dialog is the same you get when previewing cards > directly from the add or edit dialog box, and is not specific for the card > browser. > > I realise 'next' is confusing in this context: it does not mean 'next card in > the browser', but 'next sister card', where sister cards are cards created > from the same information, i.e. a recognition and a production card. > > > 2.02 In building up and maintaining a learning DB about art history I > > need to check from time to time what cards I have on e.g."da Vinci". > > Browse cards and search is a great help. However > > 2.02.01 It would be very helpful to preview first card and move to > > next card preview with a button (and/or a keyboard entry, eg page- > > down). For Front-to-back cards this possibility exist > > I don't think it does exist for 'front-to-back' either, but it may have been > accidentally true that the next card in your browser window was a sister card > :-) > > This being said, page down to go to the next card would indeed be useful. I > probably will require some trickery, but I'll investigate it. I have explained more (with screenshots) in mail
> > 2.02.02 It would also be very helpful to have the possibility of > > cloning (and then modifying) a card. E.g: > > Card 1 Q: The most prominent practitioner of _____ painting mode was > > Leonardo da Vinci A: sfumato > > > Cloned and modified: > > Card 1 Q: The most prominent practitioner of sfumato painting mode was > > __________ A: Leonardo da Vinci > > There is no functionality to clone cards in general, but your particular use > case is perfectly serviced by the 'cloze card type' plugin: > > First, create a card with > > text: The most prominent practitioner of [sfumato] painting mode was Leonardo > da Vinci > > If later on you decide you want the second card, just edit the text to read > > text: The most prominent practitioner of [sfumato] painting mode was [Leonardo > da Vinci] > > And you have your two cards. Mnemosyne will even know these two cards are > sister cards and e.g. not schedule them on the same day. Tried the 'cloze card type' plugin. Seems to work fine. Just need to get used to it :-) Thank you/ Henrik > > Cheers, > > 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.
