[jsword-devel] FlashCard changes

[Troy A. Griffitts]

DM,
	I'm excited and frightened at the same time. :)

	Can't build, missing:

	com.ibm.icu.text.Normalizer;

	???

DM Smith wrote:
> I am about to check in some changes. If they are not acceptable then 
> please revert to revision 46 (assuming there are no other commits in the 
> meantime.)
> 
> Here is an overview:
> 
>     * Moved the "flip" checkbox to the setup tab.
>     * Made the setup tab first.
>     * Added another tab to allow the editing of lesson sets, lessons and
>       flash cards.
>     * Changed the layout of the "Test" screen.
> 
> I left the "File -> Edit" as an alternative, but will remove it if my 
> changes are acceptable.
> 
> Basic reasoning behind the changes.
> Moving the setup tab: Tabs should be ordered in task flow order.
> Test tab layout. Two columns prevents truncation. Stretching the window 
> does not change the spacing the choices.
> Edit tab: This could have easily been a separate dialog, but I thought 
> it made the look more uniform.
> 
> The Edit tab has three lists:
> Lesson Sets
>     lists all the lesson sets
>     allows for the addition of new ones
>     allows for the selection of a single lesson set
> Lessons
>     tied to the single selection of a Lesson Set.
>     lists all the lessons in a lesson set
>     allows for the addition of a new lesson
>     allows for the selection a single lesson
> Flash Cards
>     tied to the single selection of a Lesson
>     lists all the flash cards in a lesson set
>     presented as a two column table
>     clicking on a column name will cause the words in that column to be 
> sorted (uses string compare so it may not be correct for all languages)
>     allows for the addition of flash cards via a "Flash Card Edit" dialog.
>     allows for the deletion of flash cards
> Save button
>     becomes active when a Lesson Set or lesson has been added or a Flash 
> Card has been modified or deleted
>     Save will save the lesson to ~/.flashcards/lessons/xxx/yyy/zzz.flash
> Flash Card Edit:
>     Allows the editing of the front and back of the Flash Card.
>     Allows for the adding many cards in a row (Add button) or the 
> addition of one (OK button).
>     Checks to make sure that the card has both a front and a back and 
> that it is different from another Flash Card.
> 
> Differences between this and the former editor: (The first two were the 
> primary motivation in doing the change)
> Allows for editing lessons held in the jar file and saving the changes 
> locally.
> Creates lessons in a known location so that the program can find it upon 
> startup.
> Allows for the creation of Lesson Sets. While this could be done 
> previously, it was not obvious as it was implicit in the file naming.
> Simplifies the creation of Lessons in that the filename is managed 
> internally by the program. The user only needs to describe the Lesson.
> Allows for the studying of vocabulary before testing (via the Flash Card 
> listing on the Edit tab).
> 
> In making these changes I did not bring the following forward:
> Storing of the name of the file in the lesson.
> Choosing, loading and using a font for a lesson. This was saving a local 
> path to the font that could not be used by others on other machines.
> Does not allow for the insertion of a new lesson in the middle of a 
> Lesson Set. It appends it to the end.
> JBuilder X GUI builder compatibility. It might work, but I don't know.
> Modify is done by delete and add.
> 
> What it does not do that would be reasonable additions:
> Allow the reordering of lessons in a lesson set.
> Allow giving a lesson set a descriptive name (currently it uses the 
> directory name)
> Allow for modifying a FlashCard.
> Add keyboard shortcuts to each of the check boxes on the Test tab so 
> that the user does not have to use a mouse.
> 
> 
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