Re: Mnemonic Support Suggestions

It's not a hint, it's more like a sentence that obviously links the
question to the answer. For example, the kanji for "like" (好) is
composed of the kanji "woman" (女) and "child" (子) (assume I have
memorized those 2 subkanjis). I could make a mnemonic:

"All WOMEN LIKE CHILDREN a lot."

(A hint won't give the answer, on the other hand a mnemonic states how
the answer is connected to the question)

The example before links the shape of the kanji "like" to its meaning.
It is a very great study tool because with mnemonic, recall will be
greatly helped (assuming we remember the mnemonic).

Another example:

Question: Give the name of planets in the solar system, from the one
closest to the sun!
Answer: Mercurius Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto
Mnemonic: "My Very Eager Mother Just Sewed Us New Pajamas"

My rationale for storing mnemonic in pyqtmemaid is because
occasionally I forget both the answer and the mnemonic that I have
made before :). If the mnemonic isn't stored in pyqtmemaid, I have to
reinvent the mnemonic.

Best wishes,

Agro

2006/2/2, Peter Bienstman <[email protected]>:
> Thanks for the suggestion! By mnemonic, you mean like a text hint?
>
> However, I'm personally not too thrilled about adding this, as I personally
> feel that any mnemonic one uses is better stored in your brain, rather than
> cluttering up the interface.
>
> I will keep it in mind, though.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Peter
>
> On Thursday 02 February 2006 14:21, Agro Rachmatullah wrote:
> > The full suggestion contains image and can be viewed here:
> >
> > http://agro1986.wikispaces.com/PyqtmemaidMnemonicSupportSuggestion
> >
> > Here's the text-only version:
> >
> > I use mnemonics extensively for my Japanese study. With mnemonics, I
> > can easily associate a Kanji with its meaning, its meaning with its
> > reading, etc. Sadly, pyqt memaid doesn't support mnemonics.
> >
> > It would be great if pyqt memaid support mnemonic. Here's some fake
> > screentshots...
> >
> > When adding a new item, we can add an optional mnemonic:
> >
> > mnemonic-add.gif
> >
> > When answering a question, after clicking "Show answer", the button
> > will switch to "Show mnemonic" (if a mnemonic is available for the
> > item):
> >
> > mnemonic-answer.gif
> >
> > Clicking on "Show mnemonic" will show the mnemonic and now the button
> > will change to "Show answer":
> >
> > mnemonic-mnemonic.gif
> >
> > Currently, because pyqt memaid don't support mnemonic, I usually add a
> > HTML comment in the answer field to store mnemonics. To view the
> > mnemonic, I click on "edit current item".
> >
> >
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