Greetings -
After reading positive reviews, I am trying out mnemosyne (despite its rather
intimidating anti-mnemonic name) because it is the only free flashcard software
I've found with the feature "Webserver for reviews through a browser". But the
rest of that description puzzles me:
- "contains no security ": not sure what that means. Does that mean the server
is an easy target for hackers, and therefore should not be publicly accessible?
Or does it simply mean clients can't authenticate?
- "not yet integrated with the GUI": GUI-free is the norm in servers. So what
is missing from this one?
- "Run the mnemosyne-webserver executable instead of the main executable and
follow the instructions.": I ran mnemosyne-webserver but didn't see any
instructions to follow, only these messages:
"Prototype of Mnemosyne web server. It works, but is not yet integrated in
the desktop application, and has no security.
Server listening on http://<server IP>:8513"
(I'm omitting the server IP, to avoid publicizing a server that "has no
security")
Another problem:
$ python mnemosyne-webserver
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "mnemosyne-webserver", line 15, in <module>
from openSM2sync.server import realsocket
ImportError: No module named openSM2sync.server
Worked around by setting PYTHONPATH to the top-level directory.
The HTML page sent by the server has no menu, no input form, no links, no
controls (no grade or answer buttons). Just an empty box labelled "Question:",
an empty box labelled "Answer:", and the cryptic line "Sch.: 0 Not mem.: 0
Act.: 0". (Looked pretty secure to me!). At this point, I recalled reading one
positive review: "Mnemosyne has a simple, Zen-like interface". While it is
certainly true that a server that accepts no input and offers no meaningful
output frees itself from the karma of cause and effect, I was not feeling the
nirvana. Frustrated, after searching in vain for a clue, I finally tried
ftp'ing default.db* from my laptop to the host and then restarting the server.
Voila - flashcards and controls appeared! But it felt like cheating, so I tried
a sync instead (trying both default port 8512 and web port 8513), but the
server was not found. And I couldn't find how to start the host's sync server.
Is that what is meant by "not yet integrated"?
Also, in top-level directory, when I ran "python setup.py install --user" it
returned:
copying mnemosyne.desktop -> /usr/share/applications
error: /usr/share/applications/mnemosyne.desktop: Permission denied
The host is Debian 6.0.5, Python 2.6.6. What am I missing? Ma Zen may be
mysterious but, like I said, she runs the only game in town. So I will be
pleased with a response of "You ignorant slut, it all works fine - just read
the freakin manual". But please give me a hint where to look.
Thanks!
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