Good Afternoon All, I having been trying to find a solution to the Qur'anic flashcards (created in ppt) dilemma for sometime now. And I think I found a substitute until the QT4 kerning issue is resolved for some Arabic fonts. Out of frustration, I googled "ppt and SRS" and was pleasantly surprised to have discovered this software that apparently uses .ppt slides - although I am unsure how it will work - just downloaded it, but excited that the possibility is there:
http://opencards.info/ On Thursday, October 18, 2012 12:12:37 PM UTC-4, Ayesha Nicole wrote: > > Hmmm. Searching through the card browser is less of concern for me, > because I can use tags of "The Surah or Chapter number :: the Ayah or verse > number :: and possibly the page number and/or other divisional marks" to > easily locate what I am searching for (which I don't even know how to > search in Mnemosyne yet because I have not needed to). > > And I wish it were as easy as just switching between fonts for text, but > it is not, because some fonts have unique key stroke patterns for certain > letter/syllable combinations, that will not appear correctly in other > fonts. > > Sometime ago, I did use SM15 for testing purposes of a few short suwar > (chapters) and it displays alright, but I have to copy the text to a > separate document and enlarge it before copying/pasting into SM - but > setting up the formatting or templates of the 'cards' is still a bit of a > mystery to me, the interface is less than user friendly, and the yahoo > group is less than active, a very few tutorials for exactly what I need. > > I really prefer using Mnemosyne. I also asked my (font professional) > colleague in KSA to see if he can communicate with the QT group, but it > will be after the Hajj and 'Eid al-Adha vacation. In the meantime, I will > continue with Alif Baa vocabulary that are coming along nicely! :) > > Thank you again. > > Best Regards, > > Ayesha > > > > On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 5:45 AM, Peter Bienstman <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> >> On 10/18/2012 12:37 AM, Ayesha Nicole wrote: >> >>> Hi Mr. Peter, >>> >>> I upgraded with the 2.1 and still have the same kerning issue. I looked >>> at the bug reports, and am unsure how to add to them? >>> >> >> You need to register a new account on the Qt bug site first. >> >> I am thinking for the Qur'anic ayah (verse) cards with translation that >>> I will make, it is easiest to just copy/paste from the document directly >>> into Mnemosyne, if the kerning issue can be fixed. Otherwise, I will >>> have to re-adjust every .ppt slide I created as 6" x 22" down to a >>> smaller size and smaller font, which is time consuming, and then >>> creating PNG files and adding them to each card. >>> >> >> I really would not suggest doing the PNG work. Apart from being a lot of >> work, it would also mean losing the ability to search for words in the card >> browser. >> >> What I'd suggest doing is switching to a different arabic font, and then >> once Qt fixes the kerning issue (could be a while though), you can move >> all your cards to the new font with just a few mouse clicks... >> >> >> 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 mnemosyne-proj-users@** >> googlegroups.com <[email protected]>. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to mnemosyne-proj-users+** >> [email protected]<mnemosyne-proj-users%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit >> https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> >> . >> >> >> > -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mnemosyne-proj-users/-/PZcTyWttOtQJ. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
