Pleco for Android 2.3.7 Bug Report Thread
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Alexis
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Flashcards->Card Statistics reports a large number of cards (7714) when the category is set to "Flashcards". However, I only have one top-level category (with about 110 sub-categories), which have a grand total of 3018 flashcards. When I set the category to my one top-level category, then it correctly reports the total 3018 cards.
I also have a large number of duplicate cards (they show up when I do a search for duplicate cards). I don't have any "Uncategorized" cards (I'm wondering if somehow there are a number of cards still attached to a category that no longer exists?)
I was messing around a lot with my flashcards a while back. Importing cards, allowing duplicates, deleting whole batches of cards, and reimporting. Everything looks fine in day-to-day use, but the above leads me to suspect that there are a bunch of phantom cards (ie. cards that don't show up in "Organize Cards").
I also have a large number of duplicate cards (they show up when I do a search for duplicate cards). I don't have any "Uncategorized" cards (I'm wondering if somehow there are a number of cards still attached to a category that no longer exists?)
I was messing around a lot with my flashcards a while back. Importing cards, allowing duplicates, deleting whole batches of cards, and reimporting. Everything looks fine in day-to-day use, but the above leads me to suspect that there are a bunch of phantom cards (ie. cards that don't show up in "Organize Cards").
Alexis
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In flashcards, when "Prompt for recall quality" is on, it would be nice if the "Skip" button would change to "Undo Score" as soon as the "reveal" button is pressed. (It currently only changes to undo score after a recall quality button is selected).
The reason for this is that I occasionally/often, hit the wrong correct/incorrect button, then hit back to undo the score, then realize that I have to enter a recall quality, then go back to test to enter the quality, then hit back to really undo the score.
The reason for this is that I occasionally/often, hit the wrong correct/incorrect button, then hit back to undo the score, then realize that I have to enter a recall quality, then go back to test to enter the quality, then hit back to really undo the score.
Alexis said:
Does it work if you turn off merged multi search? Could be a bug in that - merged multi is coming to E-C shortly (it was a little tricky to get it to return results quickly if you do a full-text search for a very common word, but we finally cracked it) but the code that supports it might be causing some odd side-effects in E-C now.
Alexis
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Note: I have "Settings->Dictionary->Search Settings->Full-text->Integrate into English" turned on.
When I am performing a dictionary search in "English" mode, I type in "piggu". Since it cannot find it in the English dictionaries, it switches to Chinese-English. Which is good. Now if I hit backspace, erase all the letters, and type "dog", it stays in "Reverse lookup", whereas I would have expected it to revert to regular lookup.
When I am performing a dictionary search in "English" mode, I type in "piggu". Since it cannot find it in the English dictionaries, it switches to Chinese-English. Which is good. Now if I hit backspace, erase all the letters, and type "dog", it stays in "Reverse lookup", whereas I would have expected it to revert to regular lookup.
Alexis
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In a flashcard session, after revealing an answer, if one clicks on the chinese character, then clicks on the "magnifying glass" icon, the flashcard session is terminated without saving.
Also, is it intentional to have an "add to flashcard" icon to show up when one clicks a character in a flashcard session?
Also, is it intentional to have an "add to flashcard" icon to show up when one clicks a character in a flashcard session?
Alexis said:
Do you have the search dictionary order set to "From First"? If not, this is actually the normal behavior, though it's certainly debatable whether or not it should be.
Alexis said:
Yeah, we've had one or two other reports of that - should be fixed in 2.3.8.
Alexis said:
Yes - in fact a number of people have cited the ability to create flashcards from within a flashcard session as one of their favorite little Pleco features
(see a character in the headword that you're not too familiar with, think you ought to study it, tap on it and tap on + and now it's in your flashcard list)
Alexis
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mikelove said:
Yes, I have search dictionary order set to "From First". Since there's no mechanism to indicate to the user whether we are doing a full-text search or not, I personally expect the thing to do a normal dictionary search, then fall back to the reverse search every time I change a letter in the search field.
Flashcards - editing a search
I keep my flashcards in two groups. The first is my "New" flashcards and once I fool myself that I know them reasonably well, I then move them into my big "Known" list. From time to time I do a search (usually by score) on my "New" list and then edit the results and "move" those that i know to the "Known" list. However, the move doesn't seem to work as a "move" but rather as a "copy", i.e. the "moved" cards do indeed appear in my "Known" list but they still remain in my "New" list and I then have to delete them from that category.
This behaviour of "move" when editing a search seems inconsistent with the behaviour of "move" when directly editing categories. I'm not sure if this is intentional or is indeed a bug.
I keep my flashcards in two groups. The first is my "New" flashcards and once I fool myself that I know them reasonably well, I then move them into my big "Known" list. From time to time I do a search (usually by score) on my "New" list and then edit the results and "move" those that i know to the "Known" list. However, the move doesn't seem to work as a "move" but rather as a "copy", i.e. the "moved" cards do indeed appear in my "Known" list but they still remain in my "New" list and I then have to delete them from that category.
This behaviour of "move" when editing a search seems inconsistent with the behaviour of "move" when directly editing categories. I'm not sure if this is intentional or is indeed a bug.
HedgePig said:
It should only say "Copy," actually. Or maybe just "Set category" and "unset category." It would be impossible to "Move" a card from search results because it's not clear what you're "moving" it from - if you had a search for (for example) cards that were in your "New" category OR your "Chapter 15" category, what would we do with a card that was in both?
Hello Mike - thanks for the reply and explanation.
As to what "Move" should do if the card exists in more than one category, I think it _should_ move it from all categories where the card exists and into the targetted new category. This seems reasonable to me. I can achieve this anyway by first copying to my target category and then deleting from my source categories. (I must admit I haven't actually tried this where the card exists in more than once source category.) However this required me to firstly select the cards for a "copy" and then go back and select them for a "delete" and this is a bit messy and error-prone.
Apologies if it seems like I'm harping on about this! Overall, I love Pleco. I don't think I've ever come across such as wellthought-out piece of software.
Regards
HedgePig
As to what "Move" should do if the card exists in more than one category, I think it _should_ move it from all categories where the card exists and into the targetted new category. This seems reasonable to me. I can achieve this anyway by first copying to my target category and then deleting from my source categories. (I must admit I haven't actually tried this where the card exists in more than once source category.) However this required me to firstly select the cards for a "copy" and then go back and select them for a "delete" and this is a bit messy and error-prone.
Apologies if it seems like I'm harping on about this! Overall, I love Pleco. I don't think I've ever come across such as wellthought-out piece of software.
Regards
HedgePig
HedgePig said:
Interesting, but I'd be worried about it doing this without warning people - for someone with (for example) a collection of textbook-based categories, there's pretty much no reason why they'd ever want to remove a card from those categories since the categories are supposed to match up with the textbook vocabulary. So it's perhaps a bit more dramatic than most users are likely to be looking for.
An option we've occasionally considered is to allow users to set a flag on a particular category that indicates that cards can only belong to one of its child categories at a time; if you wanted to have, say, your own special categories for "really hard words" and "somewhat hard words," you could use this feature to ensure that adding a card to "somewhat hard words" would remove it from "really hard words." Would this help with your situation? When are you generally finding yourself wanting to put a word in a particular category to the exclusion of all other categories?
dahuailang
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I having an issue with getting updates for Pleco. I have Version 2.3.1. You are now on version 2.3.7. I look in my pending updates but nothing is listed. I purchased prior to you going to the market. Usually I get my apps from the market and check the auto update box. The market recognizes that I have Pleco but it is not part of "my apps". So when I go to Pleco in the Market it says "open" and not "install". So I am unable to get updates from the market. I feel like I am in a hole between beta and market.