Ah, so that's the reason for it. Thanks Peter. I used two tabs in some cases because the source and target were almost too close to be able to read easily otherwise.
I appreciate this is free software and you have spent - and do spend - many hours of your time developing it. Thanks for Mnemosyne. The more feedback I get the more I am appreciating it and the more I realize it is actually working fully as you intended. Hopefully I won't be bothering you anymore for a while, now I appreciate things a bit better and I have got my set-up more or less how I want it. Thanks again, Ed On Sunday, 14 September 2014 18:39:34 UTC+1, Peter Bienstman wrote: > > Hi, > > Plenty of the entries are separated by two tabs as opposed to a single > tab, that explains why they get imported as vocabulary card type with an > empty pronunciation field. > > I guess in a future version I could add a workaround for these > malformatted files. > > Thanks for the info! > > Peter > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] <javascript:> [mailto:mnemosyne- > <javascript:> > > [email protected] <javascript:>] On Behalf Of Ed > > Sent: 14 September 2014 18:47 > > To: [email protected] <javascript:> > > Subject: Re: [mnemosyne-proj-users] New bugs > > > > Thanks Peter. > > > > Here's the text file. > > > > Regards, Ed > > > > > > On Sunday, 14 September 2014 16:33:37 UTC+1, Peter Bienstman wrote: > > > > Please send me the txt file, I'll have a look at it. > > > > Peter > > > > > > On September 14, 2014 2:34:34 PM CEST, Ed <[email protected] > > <javascript:> > wrote: > > > > Hi Peter, > > > > Many thanks for your rapid explanation. > > > > I have been through my wordlist and deleted all the > answers > > to the questions. It does, in fact, contain 378 words (so I have lost > one > > somewhere in the import). So I apologize for that. The 675 number > confused > > me and I was sure my wordlist was longer than it actually is. > > > > However, to answer your points: > > > > - The text file I am importing from only contains two > columns > > separated by a tab - the format is *source word - tab - target word(s)*. > It is > > as simple as it could be > > - I am not using any cards from earlier versions of > > Mnemosyne and my text file does not contain 3 columns > > - I am not using anything at all from Anki > > > > So the question still remains why this apparently > totally > > arbitrary assignment to card types upon import? As I said above, I am > > importing from a totally uniform, tab-separated, 2-column text file. So > why is > > the program assigning some cards a s front-to-back and some as > Vocabulary? > > > > This creates extra work in having to reassign card types > by > > using the "change card type" function and should not be a necessary > step. It > > seems to me there is a significant flaw in the import process from text > files? > > > > Thanks for your further thoughts :) Ed > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sunday, 14 September 2014 07:43:59 UTC+1, Peter > > Bienstman wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > If your text file contains a line with three > columns > > (e.g. from Mnemosyne's 1.x three-sided cards), Mnemosyne will > > automatically treat that as data for a Vocabulary CARDTYPE and will > create > > two SISTER CARDS from that data, one dealing with recognition, and the > > other with production. If you come from Anki, you're probably familiar > with > > the fact that data from a single 'fact' is used to create multiple > 'linked cards', > > so the principle is exactly the same. > > > > If you don't want e.g. recognition cards, you > can > > indeed convert them to Front-to-back only cards (which will delete the > > recognition card and keep the production card), but another option is > > 'activate cards' and then simply deactivate the recognition cards. > > > > As for cntrl-a not selecting all cards in the > browser, > > this is a unfortunate side effect/bug of the UI library I use: to speed > up > > display, not all the cards are loaded into the browser at once, but > > progressively once you scroll down. Cntrl-a selects only the cards that > the > > library had already loaded. > > > > Hope this clarifies things. > > > > Thanks for the feedback, and if you have > suggestions > > on how to improve the documentation, feel free! > > > > Cheers, > > > > Peter > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:mnemosyne- <javascript:> > > > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Ed > > > Sent: 14 September 2014 00:38 > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: [mnemosyne-proj-users] New bugs > > > > > > So I made a new database - then imported 675 > new > > cards (front-to-back > > > vocab) from a text file. > > > > > > 596 of the new cards became classified as > > "Vocabulary" (298 Production, 298 > > > Recognition); the remaining 79 were classifed > as > > "front-to-back". > > > > > > Under "Browse cards" I selected the Vocabulary > > ones only (596 cards), used > > > Ctrl + A to select all... > > > But I soon discovered Ctrl + A wasn't > selecting *all* > > the cards, only a chunk of > > > them, so I scrolled down to the bottom of the > list, > > selected the bottom card, > > > scrolled to the top of the list, selected the > top card, > > and pressed Shift to > > > select them all. > > > > > > Then I used the "change card type" option by > right- > > clicking, selecting to > > > convert all the cards to front-to-back. > > > > > > This still didn't work. Out of the 596 cards, > only 377 > > were converted to front- > > > to-back. The remaining 219 had simply > > disappeared!! > > > > > > So I want explanations for: > > > > > > - Where those 219 cards have gone > > > - Why most of the cards were erroneously > imported > > as Vocabulary, and not > > > simply front-to-back (I shouldn't have to > change the > > card type every time I > > > import from a uniform tab-separated text file) > > > > > > Just when I thought I was getting the hang of > this > > program these bugs come > > > up... > > > > > > * Update: I have just repeated the above > process > > twice and got exactly the > > > same results! > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are > > subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop > receiving > > emails from it, send an > > > email to mnemosyne-proj- > > [email protected] <javascript:>. > > > To post to this group, send email to > mnemosyne- > > proj- > > > [email protected]. > > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mnemosyne- > > proj-users/af3df679-8864- > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mnemosyne-proj-users/af3df679- > > 8864-> > > > 4194-9350-08efa25253e2%40googlegroups.com > > <http://40googlegroups.com> > > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mnemosyne- > > proj-users/af3df679- <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mnemosyne- > > proj-users/af3df679-> > > > 8864-4194-9350- > > > > > 08efa25253e2%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=foo > > <http://40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=foo> > > > ter> . > > > For more options, visit > > https://groups.google.com/d/optout > > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout> . > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an > > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > > > To post to this group, send email to mnemosyne-proj- > > [email protected] <javascript:>. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mnemosyne-proj-users/b1ffdeef-a525- > > 4dee-9c89-3988fc44fa2c%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mnemosyne-proj-users/b1ffdeef- > > a525-4dee-9c89- > > 3988fc44fa2c%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=foot > > er> . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. 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