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List:       kde-edu-devel
Subject:    Re: Parley bug/feature fix discussion
From:       Amarvir Singh <amarvir.ammu.93 () gmail ! com>
Date:       2014-01-06 22:58:52
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Oops. I guess I forgot this was going to kde-edu and not parley-devel :P.
This is for Parley.


On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 4:15 AM, Amarvir Singh <amarvir.ammu.93@gmail.com>wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> Regarding implementation of synonyms:
>
> I checked and a few older collections have been implemented with synonyms
> being marked by separating words which are synonyms by commas. Also, they
> are included in just one entry. Eg: "to teach: lehren, unterrichten." This
> is also how they are implemented in kvtml. But, as they aren't being
> parsed, during written practice only the full string "lehren, unterrichten"
> is accepted.
>
> But I think, later on it was decided that synonyms would be implemented by
> selecting the words in the synonym panel, in the editor. Eg: "lehren and
> unterrichten are synonyms". Also, synonyms are given an appropriate tag in
> the kvtml file. Eg: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=256323 (the bug
> is fixed though, i guess. I checked.) But in this case, "to teach" has two
> entries, one for each synonym. This causes a problem because during the
> practice session, even though it accepts either of the synonyms as correct,
> it asks for the translation of the same word twice. Eg. 1/10 is "to teach"
> in written mode. I answer unterrichten. Parley tells me it is a synonym but
> correct. I move on to 2/10. But again the word is "to teach", and answer
> unterrichten again and it tells me it is correct.
>
> So the question is....how do you want to implement it? Using a synonym tag
> and feature as added, I'd suggest we just ask the word once, and accept
> either of the answers. Repeating it doesnt make any sense to me.
>
> I'll happily implement it in a patch if we could discuss and find out the
> feature required. :)
>
> Thanks,
> Amarvir Singh
>

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<div dir="ltr">Oops. I guess I forgot this was going to kde-edu and not parley-devel :P. This \
is for Parley.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 7, \
2014 at 4:15 AM, Amarvir Singh <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:amarvir.ammu.93@gmail.com" \
target="_blank">amarvir.ammu.93@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br> <blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div \
dir="ltr">Greetings,<br><br>Regarding implementation of synonyms:<br><br>I checked and a few \
older collections have been implemented with synonyms being marked by separating words which \
are synonyms by commas. Also, they are included in just one entry. Eg: &quot;to teach: lehren, \
unterrichten.&quot; This is also how they are implemented in kvtml. But, as they aren&#39;t \
being parsed, during written practice only the full string &quot;lehren, unterrichten&quot; is \
accepted.<br>

<br>But I think, later on it was decided that synonyms would be implemented by selecting the \
words in the synonym panel, in the editor. Eg: &quot;lehren and unterrichten are \
synonyms&quot;. Also, synonyms are given an appropriate tag in the kvtml file. Eg: <a \
href="https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=256323" \
target="_blank">https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=256323</a> (the bug is fixed though, i \
guess. I checked.) But in this case, &quot;to teach&quot; has two entries, one for each \
synonym. This causes a problem because during the practice session, even though it accepts \
either of the synonyms as correct, it asks for the translation of the same word twice. Eg. 1/10 \
is &quot;to teach&quot; in written mode. I answer unterrichten. Parley tells me it is a synonym \
but correct. I move on to 2/10. But again the word is &quot;to teach&quot;, and answer \
unterrichten again and it tells me it is correct. <br>

<br>So the question is....how do you want to implement it? Using a synonym tag and feature as \
added, I&#39;d suggest we just ask the word once, and accept either of the answers. Repeating \
it doesnt make any sense to me.<br>

<br>I&#39;ll happily implement it in a patch if we could discuss and find out the feature \
required. :)<br><br>Thanks,<br>Amarvir Singh</div> </blockquote></div><br></div>



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