The Mnemosyne Project

I premise i'm new in that kind of software and after have used it(my daughter) a little can confirm that is useful.

1. I use Mnemosyne 1.2.1 in a Linux Ubuntu 10.4(alias Lucid lynx)disto.
   When i unzip european_capitals (ovelay version) into .mnemosyne i obtain a directory(folder) named "european_capitals" containing the capitals.xml file and maps folder besides readme.txt file.
   Then when i import(file->import) capitals.xml file into mnemosyne i can't see any .png image(i see only a black image) sited in maps directory because of png's wrong path hardwired in .xml(i.e /maps/european_capitals/europa_staedte_kischinau.png). As is reported in http://www.mnemosyne-proj.org/help/adding-media.php the image path is defined relatively to mnemosyne's database .mem file(sited in .mnemosyne folder). Now here in order to work i can consider 2 cases:
   • a: don't edit .xml and copy the entire folder's content then past it into .menmosyne(so leaving empty the european_capitals folder) or
   • b:(i vote b: case because cleaner-> every mnemosyne's learning argument(deck) is closed in his folder) edit all png's path in .xml (i.e. european_capitals/maps/european_capitals/europa_staedte_kischinau.png instead of /maps/european_capitals/europa_staedte_kischinau.png)
2. I add capitals in italian and greek language. Where can i upload my (your modified) .xml? Actually i send you the modified .xml as the content of an email (in http://www.mnemosyne-proj.org/user/433/contact) i hope you can revise the original .xml so that also Italians and Greeks can use your useful work ;-).
   Meanwhile not knowing if http://www.mnemosyne-proj.org/user/433/contact is really still valid for everyone who's immediately interested i upload .xml file in: http://filebin.ca/ytkhhk/capitals.xml (or http://filebin.ca/ytkhhk). You can download (moreover rename it in capital.xml and move it(overwriting the old one) into .mnemosyne/european_capitals folder) or opening(for examining) the file in your browser or (xml) editor. As is reported in filebin.ca "Files will be kept in a rotating pool of space, and may be removed at any time".I upload the .xml today. If the links above are no more valid make me know

   Note:regard png's source path i assume case b(look above)

3. english: <b>Monaco</b>, city-state
   deutsch: <b>Monaco</b>, Stadtstaat
   español: <b>Mónaco</b>, ciudad estado

   the last frase(, city-state) in every line maybe must be completed?

Regards

Some of the cards are just 'capital-name', with no picture. I had a hard time visualizing all of Europe; I've looked at some of the other geography decks, and they use the nice overlay feature http://www.mnemosyne-proj.org/help/adding-media.php to show the empty/default map, and then when the answer is selected, replace it with the highlighted map (which avoids having 2 maps on the screen at the same time). It makes it much nicer for me, and I saved an XML file of the category with the tags added to all the appropriate questions. The results look like:

Geography:European capitals
<img src="images/maps/european_capitals/europa_staedte.png"><card style="answerbox: overlay"/>
english: <b>Belgrade</b>
deutsch: <b>Belgrad</b>
español: <b>Belgrado</b>
serbisch: <b>Beograd</b>
<img src="images/maps/european_capitals/europa_staedte_belgrad.png">

(I'd send it to you, Martin, but I couldn't find your email address.)

I like these cards and the idea.

Running for f in *.png; do convert -colors 256 $f $f.png && mv $f.png $f; done over the images, where convert comes with ImageMagick, would reduce their size to 1.6MB.

It might be nice to include an unhilighted map on the cards that present a city name and ask for its location. The `answer overlay' feature can be used to handle the two maps nicely.

Two minor points:

1. The .svn subdirectories are included in the package.
2. The instructions seem to suggest installation under .mnemosyne/european_capitals, but the cards look under .mnemosyne/images/european_capitals. Some other geography sets use .mnemosyne/maps/setname.