Shadowdh Posted May 7, 2008 at 11:00 AM Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 at 11:00 AM I have not tried that.. I might do that later when I get a moment... I am using an HTC Kaiser/Vario III/TyTN II (it really as three names and more if you count the other variants), it runs on WM6 (or 6.1 as mine is) and is pretty good... well I think so at least... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realmayo Posted May 7, 2008 at 11:10 AM Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 at 11:10 AM I've done it before on a PC and it's pretty annoying but it possible. I do it by converting everything into Q: and A: format. ie a long list like this Q: what is 1 + 1? A: it is 2 Q: what is 2+ 2? A: it is 4 Q: etc? A: etc. if this is how your list is already formatted, but without the Q: and A: at the start of every line, then the Q and A can easily be added in a moment or two via excel & word Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renzhe Posted May 7, 2008 at 12:03 PM Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 at 12:03 PM Unfortunately, it is a bit difficult to help with Windows machines because they are basically unusable without expensive specialised software or extensive modification. On a Unix or Mac machine, you can convert the files I posted to the format realmayo specified by executing the following two commands in the vi editor: :%s/^/Q: /g :%s/t/rA: /g If you want, you can download the windows version of the vi editor here, use it to convert the files, then delete it, because it's a programmer's editor that most people feel uncomfortable with. But it comes installed by default on all Linux and Mac computers. There is nothing on a regular Windows installation that does text processing, let alone regular expressions, so I can't be more helpful here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted May 7, 2008 at 12:47 PM Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 at 12:47 PM Haha, renzhe, unleashing vi on a self-described tech illiterate is cruel and unusual punishment . At the very least, you should also tell him the commands: :w To save, and :q to quit. (which can be combined as :wq if you save and quit at the same time). In any case, to save more hair tearing, here's the converted files, also in utf-8 format (does supermemo support this?). Incidentally, search/replace with this regex will do the whole thing in one command, rather than two. :%s/([^t]*)t(.*)/Q:1rA:2/g smhsktables.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renzhe Posted May 7, 2008 at 01:14 PM Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 at 01:14 PM I was running out of ideas!!!! Anyway, it's my sneaky way. Trick them into trusting you, then BAM! Vim regexp jungle you can't exit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowdh Posted May 7, 2008 at 01:25 PM Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 at 01:25 PM Good grief guys, my head hurts... I had a look at that site but I think I would need to do a bit of research before trying anything like that... (the vi site)... Imron thanks a million mate... I will hopefully get a moment to see if those work tomorrow first thing... much appreciated... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowdh Posted May 14, 2008 at 12:50 AM Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2008 at 12:50 AM Hi there chaps and chapettes, I tried to import the list and while it says it imports the list comes up with no entries... now I have not doubt there is something I am not doing right... but for the life of me I cannot work it out. Thanks for all your help, I will keep trying... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soupbean Posted June 8, 2008 at 06:02 AM Report Share Posted June 8, 2008 at 06:02 AM i'm uploading the HSK A in supermemo Q: & A: format for you Shadowdh (and anyone else who wants them). They're in gb2312 encoding with the following formating: Q: 阿 A: ā(āgē) (pref) prefix used before kinship terms; (brother) Q: 阿拉伯语 A: ālābóyǔ(ālābówén) (n) Arabic so the pinyin should come up in red and the answer in blue. Just click on File --> Import --> Import Q & A after the files finished importing, you'll have to open it and then click on Mode --> HTML HSK A gb2312.txt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephanhodges Posted June 8, 2008 at 08:51 AM Report Share Posted June 8, 2008 at 08:51 AM I used Wenlin to convert it to Unicode and UTF-8 formats. I was quite surprised to see that Wenlin will show text in multiple colors! HSK A Unicode.txt HSK A UTF-8.txt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowdh Posted June 10, 2008 at 07:23 AM Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 at 07:23 AM Thanks guys for posting these... its very much appreciated... I have had no time to do anything with supermemo yet but will get on it... cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capitalist Posted September 15, 2008 at 02:20 AM Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 at 02:20 AM Hi all! Is this working for you guys? The cards import for me, but characters and pinyin + tones show up as gibberish and question marks. I have this problem when importing to both supermemo and mnemosyne, so its probably a problem with my system. Off to hunt for chinese character display... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capitalist Posted September 15, 2008 at 11:54 AM Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 at 11:54 AM Looks like I can't edit yet, sorry for double post. In case anyone else was also struggling, I found an answer on the SM wiki that said SM can't recognize UTF-8 line breaks. The user recommended opening desired text with an internet browser, then copying and pasting into notepad and saving as UTF-8 and then importing. When I did this, it didn't work, so I instead saved as Unicode, and my import finally worked. The pinyin doesn't display properly (tones screw it up), but I don't mind manually fixing that, although I may play more with formatting... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konrad Posted October 10, 2008 at 08:45 PM Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 at 08:45 PM For the Mnemosyne users (open source card review program that uses the SM2 scheduling algorithm): You can export renzhe's database (thanks!) together with example sentences from dict.cn at http://shengci.wojas.nl/mnemosyne I have never used Supermemo and I don't know what kind of formatting it supports, but I'm willing to add Supermemo support to this page if anyone can provide me with an example import file. Cheers, Konrad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renzhe Posted October 10, 2008 at 09:14 PM Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 at 09:14 PM Wow. That's quite an impressive list of flashcards you have there. You could think about exporting to CSV and TSV formats. It's trivial, and many flashcard programs can read those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konrad Posted October 10, 2008 at 09:32 PM Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 at 09:32 PM Adding CSV and TSV is trivial if I know how to escape newlines, which is essential for the way this page works (you define a template with which a question side and an answer side is generated). Does Supermemo use 'n' to escape newlines and '' to escape ''? Does it support markup like bold, italic, font color and font size? It's already possible to export all data to TSV, but this will not export the example sentences: UTF-8: http://shengci.wojas.nl/export Unicode-16 for Excel: http://shengci.wojas.nl/export?msexcel=1 Cheers, Konrad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABCinChina Posted October 11, 2008 at 02:15 AM Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 at 02:15 AM If anybody needs any formatting help, let me know. All you need is Notepad, Word, and Excel in most cases. But for some cases you may need a good text editor like UltraEdit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konrad Posted October 11, 2008 at 11:05 AM Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 at 11:05 AM Ah, if Supermemo supports this format it would be perfect: Q: 阿 A: ā(āgē) (pref) prefix used before kinship terms; (brother) Q: 阿拉伯语 A: ālābóyǔ(ālābówén) (n) Arabic So for the mobile editions gb2312 and big5 versions are required? How archaic. Another option would be to use an & #1234; encoding of all non-ascii characters, would this have any adverse effects? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowdh Posted October 11, 2008 at 04:23 PM Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 at 04:23 PM I actually never got these working and now just use Pleco two... I might try again when I get a spare 5 seconds which should be around 2013 with the way things are going... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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