Prepare plain-text flashcards and view them on the terminal
- You can now write a file in dictionary format, much like the Python dictionary syntax.
usage: flashcard: [-h] [-s] [-a] [-n] [-i] file1 [file2]
-h Show this help
-s Shuffle the deck
-a Alternate the first side of the card to be shown, randomly
-n No color in output
-i Invert the order of sides of the card to be shown
If file2 is omitted, it is presumed that the file is in dictionary format.
If two files are specified, the two files must contain the same number of lines. See the examples for an idea of how the flashcard files should look like.
After a card is shown, type your guess and press enter. The other side of the card will be shown afterwards.
You can also use dict comprehesions in the dictionary file format. A very nice example could be found in here.
An example deck (beginner Swedish vocabulary) can be found at the example directory. It has been fetched from this wonderful Online Swedish course by Björn Engdahl.
The two-files subdirectory contains the examples in old format. The dictionary subdirectory contains the examples in the new format, which allows generating flashcards from a single file.
mkdeck can be used with flashcard to generate a dictionary formatted file from two files (old format).
usage: mkdeck: [-o output] [-e] file1 file2
-o Specify the output file, stdout by default
-e Define the Python source encoding (PEP 0263), utf-8 by default
-h Show this help
- Files in the dictionary format are not read into the program in the correct order of entries.
- Rewrite some parts of the code
- (?) Be able to rate how well you remember an option and allow scoring yourself
- (?) Add an interactive mode, to allow generating decks faster
- Make color optional, add color options, etc.
- Add comments to the source code, making it easier to maintain