Flash Card Program For Testing Vocabulary?

[Frederic Bergeron]

If I implement image support into toMOTko, I will try to make it as general as possible.  I don't want to introduce exceptions or special cases for Japanese (or another language).  So for a word, you will be allowed to associate one image.  You will be free to associate an animated kanji image to a word if you want.  I have never displayed an animated gif with Qt but I expect it to work fine.

I read the license quickly and I don't see any problem with it.  I think we could use these images in toMOTko.  I've already added a description field for glossaries (next version).  We could use this field to write information pointing to their website if needed and, vice-versa, we could give them toMOTko's website URL if we distribute glossary files using the images.

Thanks for the link.  Indeed, that would be very cool and useful to use these images in toMOTko!

[kurochka]

I will try to make it as general as possible.  I don't want to introduce exceptions or special cases for Japanese (or another language).

Sounds like a good approach.

I have a separate question.  You will be using zlib for the new version, right?  I have installed zlib-eb 1.2.3v01 on my Zaurus (http://ebsnap.lkj.jp/zaurus/).  I believe it's for EPWING dictionaries that I have compressed but I may be wrong.  Will this version be sufficient?

[Frederic Bergeron]

I'm using zlib_1.2.3.  I found it somewhere on the net.  The numbers match so maybe it will be enough.  I will test it and tell you the outcome.

[Frederic Bergeron]

It doesn't work. The good news is that zlib is small : ~45Kb and doesn't conflict with the other package.

[Frederic Bergeron]

Ho! Ho! Hooo!  Merry Christmas!!!  

Version 0.9.0 of toMOTko has just been released!

This release contains important changes in terms of data format and implementation.  I hope the upgrade will be smooth for everybody.   Constructive feedback is welcome.

Enjoy!

P.S.: Here are some features planned for the next release :

- Save the remaining xml data in compressed binary.
- Implement import/export for folders.
- Save/load interface state when quitting/starting the application.

Nothing particularly exciting but this is a prerequisite step before implementing images (and sounds) for terms.

[kurochka]

Thank you, Frederic.  This is awesome!

I'll install and report.

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Comments after the install.

- The maximize function works as intended.  Thanks.  The same goes for scrolling the comments field with the keys.

- There is some sort of a bug with the cut/paste function for study lists.  Here is what happens.  I had some study lists in the root directory (they were preserved from the previous version).  I created a new folder, cut one of the lists, selected the newly created folder and pressed paste icon.  The application shut down.  I repeated the same thing over and over.  The same bug.  However, when I create a blank study list in the new directory and open/expand the directory (i.e., from + to -), I can paste the study list without a problem.

[Frederic Bergeron]

Thank you, Frederic.  This is awesome!

I'll install and report.

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Comments after the install.

- The maximize function works as intended.  Thanks.  The same goes for scrolling the comments field with the keys.

- There is some sort of a bug with the cut/paste function for study lists.  Here is what happens.  I had some study lists in the root directory (they were preserved from the previous version).  I created a new folder, cut one of the lists, selected the newly created folder and pressed paste icon.  The application shut down.  I repeated the same thing over and over.  The same bug.  However, when I create a blank study list in the new directory and open/expand the directory (i.e., from + to -), I can paste the study list without a problem.

Thanks for reporting so quickly.

This is the kind of bugs I was worrying about.  I'm able to reproduce it so I will fix it ASAP.

[Frederic Bergeron]

I think I've fixed the bug.  Release 0.9.1 is available.

@kurochka : Tell me if it still crashes or no.

Edit: I just found another bug :  When resuming a previously started quiz, if you had moved some terms that were selected for quiz (and I mean cut & pasted the terms elsewhere or at the same place, actually) , they won't be found by the quiz and the quiz page will appear kind of blank.  In such case, it's better to start a new quiz instead of resuming the previous one.   Although it's annoying, it's not as serious as the cut & paste bug and I will probably fix it when I release v0.10.0...  unless someone really needs it quickly.

[kurochka]

Thanks.

I think you fixed the bug that I reported earlier.


There is another bug.  I used to be able to copy characters so that I could then paste them into a dictionary.  I can't copy now without going into the Edit mode.

[kurochka]

Have you seen a program called Anki?  Any ideas for tomotko?

http://repose.cx/anki/

[Frederic Bergeron]

I think you fixed the bug that I reported earlier.

Good.

There is another bug.  I used to be able to copy characters so that I could then paste them into a dictionary.  I can't copy now without going into the Edit mode.

It's a side-effect of the vertical and horizontal scrolling arrows feature.  I will check what I can do about that.  I don't know when though.  I left Japan to go to my birth town.  My father is very ill and I will have to spend some time to take good care of him.  I'm not sure that I will have much time left to work on toMOTko for the coming months.

[kurochka]

I left Japan to go to my birth town.  My father is very ill and I will have to spend some time to take good care of him.  I'm not sure that I will have much time left to work on toMOTko for the coming months.

My prayers are with your father.  Don't worry about tomotko.

[Frederic Bergeron]

For French people interested in learning German, I released an archive file containing glossaries taken from Harrap's express method.  It contains lessons 1 to 9.  Other lessons may be added later.  It's located here on toMOTko's website in the Glossaries page.

[Frederic Bergeron]

Good news!  After two months of exams and treatments, my father is feeling a lot better.  He's feeling so good actually that I'm going back home next week and will resume working on toMOTko.

Just by curiosity, would there be any developer(s) ready to contribute to the project.  I think that help would be very welcomed to speed up the development.   Please, let me know if you're interested.

[kurochka]

Good news indeed!  About your father that is.

Unfortunately, I can't write code so I am of no help.