From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 7 18:00:50 2007 Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 853EB16A400 for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Wed, 7 Mar 2007 18:00:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (dsl231-043-140.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.231.43.140]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F353913C48E for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Wed, 7 Mar 2007 18:00:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tao.thought.org (8.13.8/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l27Hxg20047447; Wed, 7 Mar 2007 09:59:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: (from kline@localhost) by tao.thought.org (8.13.8/8.13.1/Submit) id l27HxgnH047442; Wed, 7 Mar 2007 09:59:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline) Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 09:59:37 -0800 From: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> To: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> Message-ID: <20070307175936.GA46276@thought.org> References: <20070307172343.GA27959@thought.org> <20070307173841.GA15360@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070307173841.GA15360@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: Observing twenty years of service to the Unix community Cc: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: is there any flashcard application, game or edu? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions> List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2007 18:00:50 -0000 On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 12:38:42PM -0500, Jerry McAllister wrote: > On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 09:23:43AM -0800, Gary Kline wrote: > > > > > Maybe somebody knows this one: is there a game or educational > > app that will popup a small frame with a question and space for > > answer? Say: "What is the capitol of Kansas? or What is the cube > > root of 8? > > > > The questions and answers could be in a textfile: > > > > #Q #A > > What is the capitol of Kansas? Topeka > > What is the cube root of 8? 2 > > > > I'm thinking of something very simple that could be expanded > > over time. Linux has something that's pretty near what I'm > > aiming for, but it breaks--I'm obviously missing some libraries. > > After looking for four days I thought I'd ask here. > > > > thanks for any clues, > > > > gary > > > > PS: I could probably knock something out in a half hour using > > /bin/sh but I'd rather have something more graphic and flexible. > > You could check out curses/ncurses. There is a man page. > It might be overkill for what you want, but you can look. > It takes some effort to get started, but is not too bad to > keep adding to. > > I actually just do this sort of thing in a quickie web page and > run it through a browser. It only takes some simple tables. > If you want to read in the answers, a Perl or PHP script will > take care of it nicely. > Yeah, I was thinking of exactly that; usring a random function and php4 and some web pages:: quick and dirty//(half-clean?:-) since I've already got that implemented. Is there a tk/tcl app to create popups on-the-fly? Anyway, thanks for your insights, gary > ////jerry > > > > > > > > > -- > > Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public Service Unix > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public Service Unix