[lojban-beginners] Re: New beginner

[james.cook@utoronto.ca]

Quoting melissa@fastanimals.com:

> On Tue, 20 Jul 2004, Tristan Mc Leay wrote:
> 
> > So could anyone help with a program that 
> > could randomly pop up some vocab (from a limited but increasing set) at 
> > random intervals on my Linux desktop?
> 
> What a fun idea!  I don't have time this week, but maybe I could cobble
> something up next week.  Do you use a terminal, or a windowing system?
> 
> -- 
> mylisys XOLynswyrt
> mi tadni la lojban
> 

I hacked together a small python script to test my vocabulary a couple of weeks
ago.  I put all the words I want to know in a file, with each line containing a
lojban word, an English gloss-word, and a full description (copied from the
online dictionary).  The program can quiz English-to-Lojban or Lojban-to-English
translation.  It prints the full line from the file after each answer, whether
it was correct or incorrect, but focuses on words that the user has trouble with.

If anyone is interested, I can post the python source.  (Where's a good place to
post a 119-line file?)  Whoever uses it will need to change a few file-names in
the source; I'll try to flag those.  BTW, is there an easy way to obtain a
complete vocabulary file in any format?  And would there be any copyright
problems if I posted the vocabulary file I've compiled so far along with the
program?

 - James