Re: [mnemosyne-proj-users] Problem with latex

2014-08-21 Thread Peter Bienstman
Hi, Did you install latex and dvipng, as mentioned in the error? Cheers, Peter On August 21, 2014 11:49:31 AM CEST, eliseetsimonf...@gmail.com wrote: >Hi, > >I recently changed from windows to linux, but I would like to keep my >cards and my history. So what I did is that I just copied all o

[mnemosyne-proj-users] Problem with latex

2014-08-21 Thread eliseetsimonfilm
Hi, I recently changed from windows to linux, but I would like to keep my cards and my history. So what I did is that I just copied all of the mnemosyne files into linux, and it works. The only problem is that it messes up latex, because it gives me the is latex and dvipng installed error. I ac

Re: [mnemosyne-proj-users] Maximum number of cards with graphics in Mnemosyne?

2014-08-21 Thread Oisín
I don't think the entire deck is loaded into RAM at once, and certainly images are not; rather, they're loaded on demand (i.e. as the card is being displayed) and can be removed automatically from memory afterwards thanks to the magic of garbage collection. The size of the "cards" themselves is ver

Re: [mnemosyne-proj-users] Maximum number of cards with graphics in Mnemosyne?

2014-08-21 Thread Nick Cross
Thanks. This is very reassuring. I will happily add images to my cards. I am very much an end user with no knowledge of the architecture, but I am now curious... Where would the limit be? Would it be the amount of RAM available to handle scheduled cards or is it the size of the hard-drive?

Re: [mnemosyne-proj-users] Maximum number of cards with graphics in Mnemosyne?

2014-08-21 Thread Gwern Branwen
On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 11:59 AM, Nick Cross wrote: > To date, I have always used text in my question-and-answer cards. I have > recently started experimenting and adding images to those cards where I have > had more challenges with retention. In some cases, I now have up to four > pictures for

[mnemosyne-proj-users] Maximum number of cards with graphics in Mnemosyne?

2014-08-21 Thread Nick Cross
I searched the postings using a few key words, but I could not find anything discussing the maximum size of a Mnemosyne database. I have been using Mnemosyne for about five years and I now have close to 7000 cards. When I finish this project, I will have about 10,000 cards. To date, I have a