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Re: [O] [org-drill] understand description-lists


From: Rasmus
Subject: Re: [O] [org-drill] understand description-lists
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 15:37:10 +0100
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Hi Puneeth,

Puneeth Chaganti <address@hidden> writes:

> On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 4:59 PM, Rasmus <address@hidden> wrote:
>> I would like to use org-drill to train my Spanish vocabulary.  However,
>> it's essential that I can also export my file for "offline-review".  I
>> don't want to maintain two files.  I like to organize my file like this:
>>
>> *** Days
>> - lunes     :: Monday
>> - martes    :: Tuesday
>> - miércoles :: Wednesday
>> - jueves    :: Thursday
>> - viernes   :: Friday
>> - sábado    :: Saturday
>> - domingo   :: Sunday
>>
>> Is it possible to have org-drill realize that each side of the
>> description item is a side of a card, and that the closest headline is a
>> topic?
>
> org-drill sets properties on each drill headline, to keep track of
> your progress while learning that item.  So, I'm not sure it would be
> easy to do without maintaining two files.

I see.

> One idea could be to have a function that creates (and updates/merges)
> an org-drill file from the normal file that you use for export.
> org-drill ships with functions [1] for merging two drill
> files/buffers.

So, I see three approaches: (i) write an exporter, but this seems like
an overkill, or (ii) store the drill data separately; (iii) store data
in headlines for items.  

I don't know how feasible this is as I'm not familiar with the
org-drill.el.

Thanks,
Rasmus

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