Something between cramming and "normal"...

[Michael Campbell]

I was wondering if anyone could (or was) working on something between
the cramming plugin and the normal learning cycle.

What I'm looking for is something that (like cramming) doesn't record
or change the normal "when you see it next" algorithm, but (like
normal) still presents the cards to you in a particular order; and you
see the ones you miss more often (and sometimes before) the other ones
that you don't. I realize this could get to a situation where you
don't see SOME cards, given a finite amount of cramming time, but it
would show you how many you haven't seen yet, so you'd know.

I guess this would be like starting with a fresh deck with no learning
data, and scheduling like normal, but instead of using "in X days", it
just stores that number as a way to sort them. Something like would
happen if you started with a new deck, and just kept on going with
"learn ahead of schedule", ad infinitum.

Is such a thing possible? (Or am I overlooking somethign that would
make this a horrible idea?)

[Peter Bienstman]

What I can do is add some configuration option to the cramming plugin
dealing with the order in which the card are shown, like 'random',
'first due first', etc..

Cheers,

Peter

[Michael Campbell]

Certainly closer, but my goal was to have a "mini-algorithm" in the
cramming module separate from the main algorithm, whose results are
only saved/used during that session. That is, if I miss something, it
should "know" I missed it and show me that card again, within the same
cramming session. Kind of like a full algorithm in microcosm, that
resets every time I start the program.

Others might have different wants of course, but my use was not to
keep the results of one cram session from that to the next; it could
all start at zero each time, but I want the cards doled out to me
either randomly (if I haven't answered yet), or in order of most
mistakes made on that card. Each "right" answer wipes out a "wrong"
answer for the counting. That type of thing.

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[Henrik in Oslo]

For me the cramming session could be improved in this way: 

- A button to click that brings up dialogue: "Not yet memorised in cramming session: xx ( the number) cards. Add tag: _____ (input-field)"

- E.g. next day I would cram the tagged subset, after a while tag a new subset of "not yet memorised" etc

(After cramming I would probably choose to delete these subset-tags, but the last subsets would also give me valuable input about what knowledge areas that present me the greatest learning challenges. I could then add relevant cards in these areas) 

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[Michael Campbell]

Yes, I didn't mean that the existing functionality should change for
just me, but it seems like there could be a lot done with mnemosyne
that is outside the traditional "per day" type schedule, and your
example is another one of those.

I've been trying to come up with a concise way to say what I'd like to
do, and I think the closest I can come to it is this:

1. Start with the order that the "normal" algorithm has sorted the cards in.
2. Show the cards in that order, and respect the normal algorithm but
only in as much as it determines the order to show all cards
(including ones seen in this cramming session), not what day they
should be shown. Repeat #2 until the cramming session is over.

That is to say, do exactly what you would do in a normal session,
except always assume the user wants to "learn ahead of schedule" when
he hits the end of the "scheduled" + "not memorized" stack, don't use
the "next rep" day as anything more than a way to sort/order the
cards, and forget all of these gathered ordering metrics when the
cramming session is over.

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[Peter Bienstman]

Quoting Henrik in Oslo <001h...@gmail.com>:

> For me the cramming session could be improved in this way:
> - A button to click that brings up dialogue: "Not yet memorised in cramming
> session: xx ( the number) cards.

But that's what the unseen/wrong count is doing, isn't it?

Peter

[Peter Bienstman]

Quoting Michael Campbell <michael....@unixgeek.com>:

> Certainly closer, but my goal was to have a "mini-algorithm" in the
> cramming module separate from the main algorithm, whose results are
> only saved/used during that session.

OK, I'll make whether or not you reset between sessions configurable
in the plugin too.

Peter