[jsword-devel] flashcards updates

[Troy A. Griffitts]

Hey DM,
 	Like the new 'No Multiple Choice' option.  It keeps me from 
cheating, though I can usually be honest and not look down to the answers 
if I want to test myself better.  One thing I miss though is multiple 
columns for the multiple choice answers.

 	I don't mind using the common.jar file, if it isn't much of a size 
hike.  It was nice when the app was ~100K.  I don't mind it increasing 
because of lessons, as an instructor can choose which lessons to package 
the app with for his students, but I'm hesitant to let this small app get 
much larger than 200k.  Every time I run it and am online, it grabs a new 
version, and if I'm on a modem connections, that can get old if we're 
above 200K.  More functionality and features might make it worth it, but 
if it's just for our convenience, I'd opt to have a smart jar packager 
that only pulls the classes necessary from common.jar (or something like 
that).

 	Regarding separate jars for lessons.  I think this is a great 
idea.  I had hoped we could have different jars for lesson sets.  Like 
mounce.jar black.jar, etc.  Of course it would merely be by convention; I 
would guess we would dynamically add all jars found in a particular 
location to the classpath.  Dunno what you had in mind.

Thanks again for all the work.
 		-Troy.



On Tue, 21 Sep 2004, DM Smith wrote:

> Troy,
>   I'm thinking of making a few more changes:
> 1) put the lessons in a separate jar.
> 2) Have two jnlp files, one with the jar and one without. (I want my daughter 
> to be able to use this for her English class)
> 3) Cleanup the unused code (e.g. the separate EditorFrame)
> 4) Use java.util.logging for debugging.
> 5) Use common.jar from jsword instead of copies of the classes. (This is 
> selfish of me. I only want to maintain one set of code) I am in the process 
> of removing most of the dependencies that common.jar has. So ist deployment 
> size should be pretty lightweight.
>
> Let me know if there are any other changes that you would like. I realize 
> that I have changed the code so much that it probably won't be maintainable 
> in JBuilder. So, I will try to be available to make the changes.
>
> See below for response to your response.
>
> Troy A. Griffitts wrote:
>
>> DM,
>> 
>> DM Smith wrote:
>> 
>>> Made the following changes:
>>> Fixed all the Hebrew vowel point clipping problems I could find.
>> 
>> 
>> It looks like my version of java and font (not specifying a font, just 
>> using the default) might be the problem.  I'm upgrading java now.  Every 
>> place Hebrew is displayed, it clips the bottom of the vowels.  It looks 
>> like it's only clipping like the last 2 pixels, but that's enough to turn 
>> a segol into a sere-- actually, if I look close, I can see maybe the top 
>> pixel of the bottom dot of a segol.
>
> Let me know if it is still a problem. I think I provided enough extra space 
> in the status bar on the quiz window, the displaying of the Hebrew word 
> either as a "Challenge" or as an "Answer" on the quiz window, in the list of 
> FlashCards on the Edit screen.
>
> I did not change the height of the "front" editor on the Edit screen.
>
> I am wondering whether you are actually specifying a font. I think (meaning I 
> have not tested it) that Java using the Windows Look And Feel under WinXP 
> will pick up the font that is set in Windows. In FlashCard, it is using font 
> names like "Dialog" in a couple of places. So I am wondering whether it is 
> picking up the Windows choice for a dialog font.
>
>> 
>> 
>>> Fixed save. It was not hooked up.
>>> Put the Flash Card Editor on the edit tab.
>> 
>> 
>> I really like this.  The only feedback I would give is maybe make the 
>> 'Front' text edit box bigger or CENTER, so it grows on resize, instead of 
>> 'Back'.
>
> Will do.
>
>> 
>>> Fixed the ant build to not croak on ImportLesson.java (the build now 
>>> ignores everything in the migrate package/directory)
>> 
>> 
>> Awesome, thank you.  I was thinking of maybe adding a 'utils' directory at 
>> the root, at the same level as 'app'.  David submitted a c tool to convert 
>> BibleWorks hebrew font encoded 2 column CSV files to flashcard files, and 
>> was wondering where to put this.  What do you think?
>
> I think utils would be a fine place for the C code. The program needs a few 
> changes to make it produce valid *.flash files. It needs to do the following:
> a) output wordCount=
> b) number the pairs. Currently they are like this:
> word=...
> answers=...
> word=...
> answers=...
> But they need to be:
> word0=...
> answers0=...
> word1=...
> answers1=...
>
> It would also be useful if the program took an option to provide a friendly 
> name and put that into the *.flash as:
> lessonTitle=friendly name
> But it is easy enough to add it manually.
>
> I'd make the change, but I am only set up to do java. I don't have a C/C++ 
> build environment and have not set up Eclipse to build it.
>
>> 
>>> 
>>> Please provide feedback.
>> 
>> 
>> Great work.  I'm really happy with the editor now-- it's the same idea as 
>> the old one, which I was familiar with, but yours is MUCH prettier and way 
>> more functional.  I'm really excited.
>> 
>> My Hebrew prof thinks it's really cool too! :)
>
> If I have time, I think I will be trying to import the list of 800 Hebrew 
> words that Anthony provided.
>
>> 
>>     -Troy.
>> 
>> 
>
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