Cleaning database by removing redundant cards

[Dapi Ocelp]

Hi there,
For a long time (...), I did'nt know that a card can be linked to more than one category.
As a result, when creating a new category, if a character - existing already in a previous category - is needed for the new one, I created a new card instead of assigning a second category (the new one) to this card ...
Question: is there a way to list all existing cards in order to remove redundant cards ?
Thank you.

 

[mikelove]

Yes, you can do a search in the Organize Cards screen for 'duplicate cards.' In 4.0 (now in beta testing) there's also a batch command to automatically merge them, so if you don't want to do the work of merging them manually right now you could wait for that and have it be a lot easier.

 

[Dapi Ocelp]

Great ! I will wait for the V4 then.

Actually, a search following your instructions (Search for "duplicate") shows a thousand entries ...

 

[Dapi Ocelp]

When will the 4.0 version be launched, please ? Actually, a current problem is the following: if the word, say 和平, is duplicated and appears both in category A and category B, when typing this word in "Dictionary" and requesting to create a card for it, the window "Duplicate Card" appears BUT clicking at "Card Info" in this window only shows one of the two categories, i.e., A or B ( I was expecting that A and B are listed together).
Of course, the list obtained through the search for "duplicate" in the Organize C

 

[Dapi Ocelp]

Cont.
Of course, the list obtained through the search for "duplicate" in the Organize Cards screen shows two entries for the word 和平, one for cat A and one for cat B. To resume, any trick for asking Pleco if a certain word is already existing in all current categories - and have these categories shown up !?
Thank you.

 

[mikelove]

4.0 is out in beta now, you can sign up for the beta test at pleco.com. You can keep using the old app alongside it - "Pleco Legacy" version - if you're wary of using a beta; however, it's not possible to export data from 4.0 back to 3.0.

Another option you could try would be to export your flashcard database to a text file, back it up, delete it, and then reimport that text file - Pleco should automatically combine the duplicate cards for you on import.

 

[Dapi Ocelp]

Fine, thanks a lot.