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Software / Flash Card Program For Testing Vocabulary?

« on: January 03, 2010, 08:44:05 pm »

Now that you mention it.  I tried the CTR+ accelerators and they do not work. Hmm.

Is the problem there on both of your Nokia devices?

It would seem that this bug is caused by the implementation of Qt I'm using.  It should be fixed when Qt-4.5 is released for Maemo.  Don't know when though.  I may also need to customize (or hildonize as they say) the application for the accelerators to work (or just simply remove some of them as it's apparently recommended not to use keyboard accelerators for Fremantle apps).

In case someone cares, more details can be found here:

https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7600
http://maemo.org/packages/package_instance...motko/0.11.2-9/

By the way, my wife has given me N900 for Christmas.  I've installed toMOTko on it but have not yet figured out how to transfer glossaries. Thanks!  The USB connection to PC freaked out on me.  I'll report on my progress.

Nice present!  I wish I had one.  

I'm not sure that toMOTko will be usable on N900 because of the keyboard accelerator bug that seems to prevent CTRL+Space to switch input language.  Or maybe you can switch input language in a different manner using the pointing device?

Import/Export features should work but I'm curious to know how it went in your case.

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Software / Flash Card Program For Testing Vocabulary?

« on: December 30, 2009, 10:02:29 pm »

I am not sure for the accelerators.  The only I use are: a for "correct answer"; w for open field; d for wrong answer.

Could you tell me if other toMOTko accelerators work on your Nokia device, especially those involving CTRL key.  For example, CTRL+P should open the Preferences window, CTRL+M should invoke the Glossary Manager if it's not already visible, CTRL+S should start a quiz.

BTW, Happy New Year 2010 to everyone!!

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Software / Flash Card Program For Testing Vocabulary?

« on: October 01, 2009, 09:18:19 pm »

Kurochka,

Someone reported that, on Maemo version, the default fonts are too small.  Could you confirm please?  I would be curious to know which fonts you are using for labels, fields, and language-specific ones: name and size.  Should I increase the font size range?

Also, could you tell me what the usual keyboard accelerator for quitting an application on your Maemo device?  Apparently that CTRL+Q doesn't work.  Would you have better suggestions for default accelerators for the other actions in the context of Maemo?

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Software / Flash Card Program For Testing Vocabulary?

« on: September 17, 2009, 09:06:54 pm »

Frederic, I am so sorry.  I've totally forgot about one other hardware key on N810 that allows to see all running windows, appilcations.  It's something I rarely use.  With this key it is possible to get out of the minimized-active-dialog-window problem.

Yeah, I've heard about that key.  I don't know if it's guaranteed to be available on all Maemo devices so it does not hurt to be proactive and make the application easier to use.  For example, on the emulator, the window switching key is not available (or if it is, I don't know to which key combination it is mapped).  So I would ask you to test the latest version one more time (hopefully the last one).  If you don't see any other important issues, I will promote the application for the extras repo (the non-devel one).  I've never done that before but I think it will  make the application easier to get for normal users.  Once that is done, I can fully concentrate on version 0.12.

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Software / Flash Card Program For Testing Vocabulary?

« on: September 16, 2009, 11:32:27 pm »

A new version should be available by the time you read this.  To prevent minimizing some windows (like Search Dialog), I show them in full-screen.  There seems to be no easy way to remove the minimize button from a window on Maemo.  Tell me if it's better like that.

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Software / Flash Card Program For Testing Vocabulary?

« on: September 15, 2009, 08:53:45 pm »

Frederic,

Here is an interesting candidate for a multilingual glossary for toMOTko:  http://www.iespravia.com/inmigrantes/idiomas/Diccionario.xls

Is it possible to put all of the languages into one study list and then select the needed pairs in the Glossary Management window?

The words are divided into categories.  I guess the categories could go into the notes section or maybe we could subdivide the list into separate glossaries based on the categories.

Indeed, I could create interesting glossaries from that file.

Yes, it's possible to include many languages into glossary files.  When you import such files, you will be asked to check the languages that you want to retain.  The corresponding data will be extracted and imported.  You can keep all the languages if you want.  Then, using the language selectors, you will be able to study the language of your choice.

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Software / Flash Card Program For Testing Vocabulary?

« on: September 15, 2009, 02:39:53 am »

Ok.  I've installed the new update and run it through its paces.  Yes, the Preferences Window is fullscreen and it cannot be made less than that by the dedicated screen-resize button (I guess it's hard-wired now).  I do not see this as an issue.

Good.

The Search function works well but it cannot go into fullscreen mode.  There is an additional problem.  If the previous window (typically, Manage Glossaries) was in fullscreen mode, then I select Search, and minimize the Search window by tapping a minimize widget, I am stuck at the fullscreen window and there is no way to get out of it without rebooting the device.  I presume that this is because the controls are still associated with the search window that has been minimized.

The same problem happens with the main Quiz window in fullscreen, and the edit window that is minimized.  The reboot is required to get out of this too.

That was expected for the Search Window not to be "full-screenable".  

For the other issue, I will make sure that the dialog windows are not minimizable.  Usually, the dialog windows are used for a short actions (like performing a search, changing a preferences setting, or edit a term) so I think it should be a problem to do so and it will prevent the issue to happen if I understand correcly.

I will release a next version shortly to this effect.

Thanks for you precious help.  I know how time-consuming and bothering it can be.

Maemo includes an update widget that from time to time checks for updates (similar to Windows and Linux).  However, I do not know how often it checks for updates.  This time it did not show an available update but I was able to update by following the link you've given above.

It seems to be well done.

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Software / Flash Card Program For Testing Vocabulary?

« on: September 10, 2009, 03:33:07 am »

I've uploaded another version.  By the time you read this message, it should be available in the repository.

This time, I can see that the Preferences Window is full-screen even in the emulator.  So this time, it should work.

I have another thing I would like you to test in this version.  If you make a Search (in the Edit menu), can you show the Search Dialog full-screen?  And if so, is there anyway to close the window when it is in full-screen?

Also, you mentioned that the N810 informed you that there was an update of toMOTko.  Was it automatic or did you have to open the package manager to receive the notification?  I ask out of curiosity.

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Software / Flash Card Program For Testing Vocabulary?

« on: September 08, 2009, 08:17:04 pm »

The N810 informed me that there is an update for toMOTko and I was able to update to the latest version without a problem.  However, nothing has changed.  At least I can't see anything different.  So, I haven't taken any screenshots.

That may explain why I could not see any difference either in the emulator.  I'm positive though that I put some instructions to maximize the Preferences window.  They are probably ignored by Maemo somehow.  Hmmm...  I will investigate some more on this and let you know if I find anything new.  Thank you for testing it.

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Software / Flash Card Program For Testing Vocabulary?

« on: September 04, 2009, 03:03:51 am »

A new version of toMOTko for Maemo is available for tests in the extra-devel repository.  The Preferences and other utility windows (like Search and Edit Term windows) should be maximized.  In the emulator, I cannot see whether it works or not.  

@Kurochka: When you have time, could you try it and tell me if it's better.  Of course, if you can submit screenshots, that would be even better.

Also, could you also try this:  Apparently that clicking on the link corresponding to your distribution, with your Maemo device, that the application should install itself.  

diablo
fremantle

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Software / Flash Card Program For Testing Vocabulary?

« on: September 02, 2009, 10:11:20 am »

Maybe in another version, I will try to make a special case for Maemo and display the progress bar somewhere else.  It's no big deal anyway.  Thanks for the quick reply.

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Software / Flash Card Program For Testing Vocabulary?

« on: September 02, 2009, 08:38:37 am »

Thanks again for these additional screenshots.  I think it looks very good in full-screen mode.  For the Preferences window, I will fix it in the week-end if I have time.  

I noticed that the progress bar in the Quiz is missing.  Could you tell me if it's visible or not when you use the Quiz in normal mode (not full-screen)?

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Software / Flash Card Program For Testing Vocabulary?

« on: September 01, 2009, 11:19:27 pm »

Nice screenshots!  Thanks.

It's certainly too tight to be usable.  Is the Quiz and Glossary Manager also as tight as this?  If so, I think the application must not be very "fun" to use.  Is there no way to trigger a full-screen mode when using an application on Nokia's device?  I think I've read something about that somewhere (like here).

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Software / Flash Card Program For Testing Vocabulary?

« on: September 01, 2009, 06:11:02 am »

I'll do the screenshots but first can I confirm the default font size at least for labels? I presume you want to see screens with the default font sizes.

Good idea, yes, take the screenshots with the default font.  I have no idea what it is though.  Clicking Reset should revert to the default font, I think.

I do use zaurus but not as often. It used to me the only device for my needs but now ...  I have Kindle DX for reader, N810 for GoldenDict, N95 for lots of stuff.

You're fully equipped. 8-P

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Software / Flash Card Program For Testing Vocabulary?

« on: August 31, 2009, 10:32:13 pm »

After running toMOTko on my N810 for a while, I can confirm that everything works.  As has been reported, the preferences window is almost unusable (I had to select the smallest font to see anything on the last tab in preferences - it is the most problematic tab).

I think that it will be usable if the screen is maximized.  If it's not enough, I may have to change the layout a bit.  I hope I won't have to do that though.  I would really appreciate it if you could send me screenshots of the application (especially for screens that are too tight) so that I can get a better idea. I would like to see all the tabs of the Preferences window and also the revealing sequence editor (in the Quiz tab of the Prefs window, if you click the + button.  It's seldom used but I'm curious to know if it looks good or not. I'm also interested in the Quiz window.  Well...  That's most of the screens actually :-)

This is very exciting because now I have almost all necessary (for me) software on my N810.  The only missing piece is EPWING viewer but I will be asking around.  I may even consider getting the just-announced N900 when it starts shipping.

That's good.  So I guess you will stop (or already have stopped) using your Zaurus then.

I also think that time to use another device is coming soon.  The Zaurus is still not bad but, at last, interesting alternatives are appearing.  I'm still not decided to buy the N900 though.  I'm going to wait some more.  As long as my Zaurus is alive, I'm in no hurry.