From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Paul Sexton Subject: Re: Org-Drill first interval Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 22:30:54 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:55531) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QUnku-0004lu-85 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Jun 2011 18:31:13 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QUnks-0007JB-Bv for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Jun 2011 18:31:11 -0400 Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:54076) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QUnkr-0007J4-Sy for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Jun 2011 18:31:10 -0400 Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QUnko-0007Me-7E for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Jun 2011 00:31:09 +0200 Received: from rp.young.med.auckland.ac.nz ([130.216.140.20]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 10 Jun 2011 00:31:06 +0200 Received: from psexton by rp.young.med.auckland.ac.nz with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 10 Jun 2011 00:31:06 +0200 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Curt Bergmann visi.com> writes: > > The first interval for my first question is always 4 whether I mark it as a 3, > 4, or 5. When I change org-drill-learn-factor it doesn't appear to change the > first interval. > > I would like to reduce the first interval and I assume that the learn-factor > will allow me to control subsequent intervals. Anki has an option to select the > first interval for each of its answer qualities. If there is no option and you > can send me a patch I'd be happy to try that as well. Hi, I'm the author of org-drill. I assume you are using the SM5 spaced repetition algorithm (default). The reason that the first interval is always 4 days is because this is specified in that algorithm. And the way that the learn-fraction is applied in that algorithm means that it can never have much of an effect on early intervals -- its effect becomes apparent later. However, I have committed a change to org-drill.el which implements a new variable, org-drill-sm5-initial-interval. Its default value is 4 but you can change it to another value if you wish. This change has been committed to the org-drill devel repository at: https://bitbucket.org/eeeickythump/org-drill You will need to download the file from there. I have not yet sent it to the main org repo. HTH Paul