Version 2.72 is NO LONGER available from the main Cerebware website, but 2.73 is available via Softpedia, and will soon be available Cerebware as well.
Licences for the full version are FREE if you are prepared to be a beta tester - just send me your user number.
Version 2.72 added a new list view, a new usage-preferences dialog, grid-lines on right-clicking a blank page, undo facilities in the text editor (Ctrl-Z or Shift-Ctrl-Z) and a few other minor enhancements. Details to follow.
Version 2.73 added one round of bug fixes, but not enough! Version 2.74 will be a bug-fix release, hopefully in the next couple of days.The only new feature is a modification of the 'Claim' button so that you can declare a known item to be easy, which has the effect of increasing its review interval.
Version 2.75 will start to add radical/primitive information for each kanji.
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Thursday, June 2, 2011
List View
Version 2.72 is nearly ready for testing.
It offers a few new features, one of which is an improved List view...
Within this window, it is possible to import individual items to specific locations (above or below the currently selected item, as shown with the horizontal black arrow). Items can be moved up or down the list (curved arrows), or cut and then pasted in a new location (the scissors). Clicking on the left-most button switches to the standard vocab management window where you can import multiple items at once from a .lst file.
The search function (magnifying glass) allows you to find items within your list by typing any part of the item. If the first item found is not the one you want, click it again.
Please report any bugs you find.
It offers a few new features, one of which is an improved List view...
Within this window, it is possible to import individual items to specific locations (above or below the currently selected item, as shown with the horizontal black arrow). Items can be moved up or down the list (curved arrows), or cut and then pasted in a new location (the scissors). Clicking on the left-most button switches to the standard vocab management window where you can import multiple items at once from a .lst file.
The search function (magnifying glass) allows you to find items within your list by typing any part of the item. If the first item found is not the one you want, click it again.
Please report any bugs you find.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Bugs in 2.69 - 2.72
Please report any bugs or feature-requests in versions 2.69 to 2.72 as comments here. You could email me if you prefer, but it could be worth getting the views of other users.
Please note that licences for the full version are still free for beta testers so, if you are prepared to give feedback, just send me your user number for a free licence.
Please note that licences for the full version are still free for beta testers so, if you are prepared to give feedback, just send me your user number for a free licence.
Sunday, May 15, 2011
MCQ Window
There is a feature of the MCQ window that is worth knowing, but is poorly documented, and until I put some context-sensitive tips within the program, I thought I'd spell it out here...
The MCQ window pauses after showing you the answer, so you can study the answer an commit it to memory. It goes away eventually, but it is quite slow.
If you want to get rid of it immediately, just click the answer again.
The MCQ window pauses after showing you the answer, so you can study the answer an commit it to memory. It goes away eventually, but it is quite slow.
If you want to get rid of it immediately, just click the answer again.
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Version 2.68
Version 2.68 is available for testing, but might be a bit rough. When it is stable and bug-free, I will release it to the public but I would prefer it if a few users tested it out first, if anyone is willing.
Please email me for a download link.
Amongst other improvements, it has two new graphing modes to show you your progress and the state of your memory model. Just click on the main graph to cycle through the other graphs.
If you find any bugs, please just post them here as a comment.
Please email me for a download link.
Amongst other improvements, it has two new graphing modes to show you your progress and the state of your memory model. Just click on the main graph to cycle through the other graphs.
If you find any bugs, please just post them here as a comment.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Progress Report
Hi everyone,
There has not been a new release in a little while but that merely reflects the fact that I'm currently going through the Henshall list of 1,945 kanji, making sure that the kanji are in the correct sequence and checking the definitions for duplicates. This work should be finished in a couple of days.
Meanwhile, I have kanji lists for 'Reviewing the Kanji' (RTK) and also the KanjiDamage website, which will be made available for people studying from those sources.
A new feature of the upcoming version is that the RTK keyword will be displayed alongside the current Henshall-supplied or user-supplied definitions, to help disambiguating duplicates. Another new feature is a duplicate-cleanup tool that will flag (and remove if necessary) duplicated kanji and allow modification of duplicate keywords. This is very helpful for cases where the original Henshall definitions have more than one kanji for, say, 'child' or 'village'. One great advantage of learning the RTK keywords is that they are guaranteed to be unique, with exactly one kanji per keyword and vice versa.
Finally, I have added another new feature that makes life a bit easier when you are attempting complex kanji. If you get five strokes in a row correct, then you get an error credit, which shows up as a blue square below the drawing page. Your first error cancels out one credit, and so on. This means you won't be penalised if, in a 19-stroke kanji, your hand slips and you draw one line too short. It does mean that an occasional kanji is marked as known where you didn't quite know all the strokes, but you do still have to redraw wrong strokes so your knowledge will move forward. Your time is better spent learning new kanji than getting every stroke 100% perfect.
I found this last feature very useful when I was trying to catch up from a position that was 80+ kanji behind my target of 50 kanji per week. I'm now at 350+ kanji, ten ahead of target, despite taking a couple of weeks of to program.
There are also some improvements to the beginner-friendly IME, which will be the subject of another post.
Please continue to report any bugs, preferably here but by private email if you prefer.
There has not been a new release in a little while but that merely reflects the fact that I'm currently going through the Henshall list of 1,945 kanji, making sure that the kanji are in the correct sequence and checking the definitions for duplicates. This work should be finished in a couple of days.
Meanwhile, I have kanji lists for 'Reviewing the Kanji' (RTK) and also the KanjiDamage website, which will be made available for people studying from those sources.
A new feature of the upcoming version is that the RTK keyword will be displayed alongside the current Henshall-supplied or user-supplied definitions, to help disambiguating duplicates. Another new feature is a duplicate-cleanup tool that will flag (and remove if necessary) duplicated kanji and allow modification of duplicate keywords. This is very helpful for cases where the original Henshall definitions have more than one kanji for, say, 'child' or 'village'. One great advantage of learning the RTK keywords is that they are guaranteed to be unique, with exactly one kanji per keyword and vice versa.
Finally, I have added another new feature that makes life a bit easier when you are attempting complex kanji. If you get five strokes in a row correct, then you get an error credit, which shows up as a blue square below the drawing page. Your first error cancels out one credit, and so on. This means you won't be penalised if, in a 19-stroke kanji, your hand slips and you draw one line too short. It does mean that an occasional kanji is marked as known where you didn't quite know all the strokes, but you do still have to redraw wrong strokes so your knowledge will move forward. Your time is better spent learning new kanji than getting every stroke 100% perfect.
I found this last feature very useful when I was trying to catch up from a position that was 80+ kanji behind my target of 50 kanji per week. I'm now at 350+ kanji, ten ahead of target, despite taking a couple of weeks of to program.
There are also some improvements to the beginner-friendly IME, which will be the subject of another post.
Please continue to report any bugs, preferably here but by private email if you prefer.
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Kanji Vectors That Need Fixing
The following kanji have issues with unwanted or awkward intersections:
聞 : hear
原 : plain ; field ; origin
弟 : younger brother
They can still be drawn but the second stroke of the 'ear' radical and the second stroke of 'field' have to be started right on the line before; you'll almost certainly pick up an error dot or two. The last stroke of younger brother starts on the line.
These will be fixed in the next version.
Please report any other oddities in the vector data.
PS.原 : plain ; field ; origin and 弟 : younger brother are actually okay - they were affected by a rounding error, rather than a faulty vector set. The problem with 聞 is that the second last stroke must cross the vertical, not just start near it. This will be fixed in the new vector data set.
聞 : hear
原 : plain ; field ; origin
弟 : younger brother
They can still be drawn but the second stroke of the 'ear' radical and the second stroke of 'field' have to be started right on the line before; you'll almost certainly pick up an error dot or two. The last stroke of younger brother starts on the line.
These will be fixed in the next version.
Please report any other oddities in the vector data.
PS.原 : plain ; field ; origin and 弟 : younger brother are actually okay - they were affected by a rounding error, rather than a faulty vector set. The problem with 聞 is that the second last stroke must cross the vertical, not just start near it. This will be fixed in the new vector data set.
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