From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Paul Sexton Subject: [Ann] Updates to org-drill (org topics as interactive "flashcards" using spaced repetition) Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:27:40 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=39121 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OoYkT-0003te-8z for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Aug 2010 05:27:55 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OoYkS-0005Z4-2j for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Aug 2010 05:27:53 -0400 Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:46418) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OoYkR-0005Yo-O7 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Aug 2010 05:27:52 -0400 Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OoYkO-0008MA-Kf for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:27:49 +0200 Received: from ip-118-90-61-240.xdsl.xnet.co.nz ([118.90.61.240]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:27:48 +0200 Received: from psexton by ip-118-90-61-240.xdsl.xnet.co.nz with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:27:48 +0200 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Org-Drill has recently been added to the contrib directory of the org repository. Latest version is in repository at: http://bitbucket.org/eeeickythump/org-drill I have made a couple of major updates recently. Changelogs are below. Reports of user experiences are welcome. Version 1.0 Added README with more detailed documentation. Items which are failed during session are presented again before the session ends. Items which were failures at the last review session are presented first in the next session. Added recognition of leech items, based on excessive number of failures. Leeches can be skipped or warned about. When reviewing an item, the prompt shows the number of items remaining. When the session finishes, the minibuffer shows a brief report givisng statistics about total time spent reviewing, number of cards that still need review, etc. Fixed the regexp for cloze-deleted text. Optional face for cloze text in org mode buffers. New card type: twosided. Version 1.1 Added implementation of SM2 algorithm (now supports both SM2 and SM5). Add option 'org-drill-spaced-repetition-algorithm': choose either SM2 or SM5 algorithm. Add option 'org-drill-add-random-noise-to-intervals-p': randomly vary repetition intervals slightly, to avoid clumping. Fixed a bug in org-learn's SM5 algorithm (intervals much too long). Use overlays to display cloze deletions as '[...]' during reviews. Cloze text can contain hints, which will visible during review. Add option 'org-drill-failure-quality': customise which quality is regarded as unambiguous failure (1 or 2). Expanded documentation, and added section on 'incremental reading', with example setup.