From rlpowell@csclub.uwaterloo.ca Mon Jan 29 19:17:27 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: rlpowell@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_0_2_1); 30 Jan 2001 03:17:26 -0000 Received: (qmail 38201 invoked from network); 30 Jan 2001 03:03:08 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.142) by m8.onelist.org with QMQP; 30 Jan 2001 03:03:08 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca) (129.97.134.11) by mta3 with SMTP; 30 Jan 2001 04:04:13 -0000 Received: (from rlpowell@localhost) by calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.3) id WAA24766; Mon, 29 Jan 2001 22:08:45 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 22:08:44 -0500 To: "Robert J. Chassell" Cc: grey.havens@earthling.net, lojban@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] UNIX Logflash? Message-ID: <20010129220844.C20526@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca> References: <20010129214017.A20526@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from bob@rattlesnake.com on Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 09:57:51PM -0500 X-eGroups-From: Robin Lee Powell From: Robin Lee Powell 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 -- http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~rlpowell/ BTW, I'm male, honest. Information wants to be free. Too bad most of it is crap. --RLP