Re: [lojban] UNIX Logflash?

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@csclub.uwaterloo.ca>]

On Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 09:57:51PM -0500, Robert J. Chassell wrote:
>    On Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 09:25:09PM -0500, Robert J. Chassell wrote:
>    [flashcard]
>    > The program's author goes on to say:
>    > 
>    >     Then I can use `flashcard' to drill me on this file, either
>    >     presenting me with the `dutch' field and letting me think of the
>    >     `english' field, or vice versa.  `flashcard' will not check my
>    >     answers (unless I'm in multiple-choice mode); I must judge if I
>    >     got the answer right or wrong, and hit `r' or `w' accordingly.
> 
>    That seems useless in the extreme.  Is it fixable?
> 
> Yes, it is fixable.  It would be nice if someone did.  All the code is
> in the tar file:
> 
>     http://www.rattlesnake.com/lojban/lojban-flashcard.tar.gz
> 
> You have the legal right to copy, study, modify, and redistribute it.
> 
> But I don't think flashcard is bad as is.
> 
> For example, I just ran flashcard and was given this:
> 
>     Question (english):  wedge, 
>         x1 is a wedge [shape/form/tool] of material x2 
>         /:/
> 
>     Answer (lojban): 
> 
>     Press   SPC if you know the answer,
>             g   to give up, or
>             k   to skip this question.
> 
> 
> So if I do *not* know the answer, I press `g' and it tells me
> the answer:   cfine
> 
> However, if I think I do know the answer, I say it outload and then
> press the spacebar.  

At which point it tells you the right answer, yes?

> At that point, Emacs ask you to 
> 
>     Press   r   if you got it right,
>             w   if you got it wrong, or
>             k   to skip this question.

AAAaaaaaahhhh....   Yeah, that's rather less sucky than I thought.

-Robin

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