Re: [mnemosyne-proj-users] Tip: A method to review just the problem words regardless of tag

[Peter Bienstman]

Thanks for the tip!

BTW, there is an unfinished plugin that activates cards based on grade.
Perhaps I will dust this off some day.

Cheers,

Peter

On 01/21/2013 04:57 PM, jer3 wrote:
> This tip is based on version 2.2a which I am using for vocabulary.
> As the size of the database grows, and the number of tags grows, there are times when I want to review just the words that I have not learned well. But, with a large data base, these words may be spread out among various independent tagged groups. The review of just those words not learned well can be done quite easily as follows:
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> 1. Go to cards/browse cards.
> 2. Select the tags and card types you wish to be included. For example, all tags and all card types. (Note that some columns in the display may have entries that have a line through them. This is a function of which cards and tags you have activated/deactivated using the (De)activate cards choice. The lines do not impact this tip.)
> 2. Click on the column heading "Grade". This will display the cards sorted by grade.
> 3. Drag to select the set of cards that you want to study. For example, all cards with grades 0 through 2. (If you wanted to select cards that are not contiguous, these can be selected in typical Windows fashion by using the control key in conjunction with dragging.)
> 4. Move your cursor to be within the selected cards, right click, and choose "Add tags".
> 5. Enter the new tag in the box that comes up.
> 6. Exit from the browse cards screeen. Go to cards/(De)activate cards.Your designated cards will now show as an added group of tagged cards and can be activated/deactivated as with any other tag.
> 7. This new group can be studied in the usual mode or in the cram mode.
> 8. The group is easily deleted later by going to cards/(De)activate cards, right clicking on the tag, and choosing delete. Since this is an added tag, the cards will have other tags. The tag is deleted but not the card.
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> This is all done using the features provided within the program. But it took me a while to realize this could be done. I find it a very handy way to review words that I had not learned well across multiple tagged groups. I hope that you will find this useful.
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[Scott Youngman]

Thank you, jer3! Your method could be very useful.

+1, Peter, for the grade-based plugin you mentioned.