I have created a command line program that allows you to automatically raise the priority of un-studied words in existing decks in Anki (by adding the HighPriority tag).
You can find the git repo here:
https://github.com/cdepillabout/anki-high-priority
The latest version is v0.1. It can be downloaded directly here:
https://github.com/cdepillabout/anki-hig...rball/v0.1
This is not an anki plugin, it is a separate command line program. It modifies the Anki decks, so there is a possiblity that it could corrupt your decks. Please back up your decks before testing it.
Right now this is Linux (and maybe Mac?) only.
I would appreciate any comments/patches/flames/etc.
Here is the README:
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!!!!!!!!!!!!WARNING!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!This program modifies your !!
!!deck, so there is always a !!
!!possibility that it will !!
!!delete your deck. Please !!
!!make sure you have a backup!!
!!of your deck before using !!
!!this program. !!
!!!!!!!!!!!!WARNING!!!!!!!!!!!!
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EXPLANATION
===========
This program will read in a list of words on stdin, search through your Anki
decks for each word, and automatically add the "HighPriority" tag if the word
is found. Each word that is not found will be output to stdout.
This program was made to make it easier to automatically use words from
un-studied portions of existing decks, rather than having to input the words
manually (and then having two instances of the word in two different decks).
This is very useful if, for instance, you are studying the Core10k Japanese
deck. When reading a book or getting words from other sources, you can use
this program to automatically promote the words in the Core10k deck, rather
than inputting all of the words again in a new deck.
For example, imagine you found the words 犬, 猿, 猫, and アオウミガメ in a
book. You want to remember them, but you haven't gotten to them yet in your
Core10k deck. You can feed this program the file with these four words in it.
Let's see how this looks on the command line:
$ cat inputfile
犬
猿
猫
アオウミガメ
$
You can see that our input file contains these three words. Now let's run
anki-high-priority:
$ anki-high-priority -i inputfile -o outputfile
犬 was found in ['Core10k.anki']
猿 was found in ['Core10k.anki']
猫 was found in ['Core10k.anki']
$
You can see that 犬, 猿, and 猫 were found, so they were automatically given
the HighPriority tag. Next time you run Anki, 犬, 猿, and 猫 will be the first
new cards that appear (as long as you don't have any other cards with the
HighPriority tag). Now let's see what the output file looks like
$ cat outputfile
アオウミガメ
$
It contians アオウミガメ. This was not found in our Core10k deck. (This is
because it is the name of a specific type of sea turtle). You can then add
this word to Anki manually.
INSTALLATION
============
This can be installed by either copying the script to somewhere on your path
directly, or using python's setuptools.
Here is how to install using Python's setuptools:
$ cd anki-high-priority/
$ ls
README scripts setup.cfg setup.py
$ python2 ./setup.py install --prefix=/some/path/
....
$
The script will be installed to /some/path/bin/anki-high-priority.
RC FILE
=======
anki-high-priority uses a config file in your HOME directory to know what decks
to look in, and what field to search for the words in. When running for the
first time, anki-high-priority will create the rc file if it does not exist.
Please follow the instructions in the rc file to configure it for your decks.
You can find the git repo here:
https://github.com/cdepillabout/anki-high-priority
The latest version is v0.1. It can be downloaded directly here:
https://github.com/cdepillabout/anki-hig...rball/v0.1
This is not an anki plugin, it is a separate command line program. It modifies the Anki decks, so there is a possiblity that it could corrupt your decks. Please back up your decks before testing it.
Right now this is Linux (and maybe Mac?) only.
I would appreciate any comments/patches/flames/etc.
Here is the README:
-------------------------------
!!!!!!!!!!!!WARNING!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!This program modifies your !!
!!deck, so there is always a !!
!!possibility that it will !!
!!delete your deck. Please !!
!!make sure you have a backup!!
!!of your deck before using !!
!!this program. !!
!!!!!!!!!!!!WARNING!!!!!!!!!!!!
-------------------------------
EXPLANATION
===========
This program will read in a list of words on stdin, search through your Anki
decks for each word, and automatically add the "HighPriority" tag if the word
is found. Each word that is not found will be output to stdout.
This program was made to make it easier to automatically use words from
un-studied portions of existing decks, rather than having to input the words
manually (and then having two instances of the word in two different decks).
This is very useful if, for instance, you are studying the Core10k Japanese
deck. When reading a book or getting words from other sources, you can use
this program to automatically promote the words in the Core10k deck, rather
than inputting all of the words again in a new deck.
For example, imagine you found the words 犬, 猿, 猫, and アオウミガメ in a
book. You want to remember them, but you haven't gotten to them yet in your
Core10k deck. You can feed this program the file with these four words in it.
Let's see how this looks on the command line:
$ cat inputfile
犬
猿
猫
アオウミガメ
$
You can see that our input file contains these three words. Now let's run
anki-high-priority:
$ anki-high-priority -i inputfile -o outputfile
犬 was found in ['Core10k.anki']
猿 was found in ['Core10k.anki']
猫 was found in ['Core10k.anki']
$
You can see that 犬, 猿, and 猫 were found, so they were automatically given
the HighPriority tag. Next time you run Anki, 犬, 猿, and 猫 will be the first
new cards that appear (as long as you don't have any other cards with the
HighPriority tag). Now let's see what the output file looks like
$ cat outputfile
アオウミガメ
$
It contians アオウミガメ. This was not found in our Core10k deck. (This is
because it is the name of a specific type of sea turtle). You can then add
this word to Anki manually.
INSTALLATION
============
This can be installed by either copying the script to somewhere on your path
directly, or using python's setuptools.
Here is how to install using Python's setuptools:
$ cd anki-high-priority/
$ ls
README scripts setup.cfg setup.py
$ python2 ./setup.py install --prefix=/some/path/
....
$
The script will be installed to /some/path/bin/anki-high-priority.
RC FILE
=======
anki-high-priority uses a config file in your HOME directory to know what decks
to look in, and what field to search for the words in. When running for the
first time, anki-high-priority will create the rc file if it does not exist.
Please follow the instructions in the rc file to configure it for your decks.