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Anki
Anki is a flashcard program for learning.
Setup
Anki can be split up into client and server software. The server software is fully optional, handles the syncing between multiple clients and can also be done via the official Anki website.
Setup Client
The default Anki client is made for computer systems and can be installed from source as described
on GitHub.
Alternatively some Linux package managers
package the Anki client in the anki package.
Adding to the Computer clients there are various possible clients for other platforms.
Setup Server
The syncserver can be installed to handle the syncing of data in a self-hosted way. It is described on GitHub and can be setup via Docker using the official manually build container.
Usage
This section addresses the usage of Anki.
Add Backwards Cards
When setting up a new deck and sometimes when importing a deck only cards for one-way learning are
added.
This guide assumes the default Anki client is used.
To change this select Browse and then navigate to the Note Type the deck to add backwards cards
uses.
Right click the note type and select Cards.
Afterwards the cards for backwards learning can be added by Options and Add Card Types....
You can confirm the fields have been setup correctly by clicking through the card types and
verifying it.
Make New Cards Gather Order Random
This section is based on a
Anki forum entry by NameLessGO.
By default new cards are gathered in order and then also shown in order.
Most of the time it is useful for them to be gathered in order as it conserves the learning units
for example.
To change this navigate to the Options of a deck and then change New card sort order to
Random to randomize them before showing them without gathering them randomly.
To change this the New card gather order can also be set to Random notes or Random cards.
Change Card Style
The layout and the style of the cards can be changed using CSS and HTML.
There are various resources that can be used for this.
One of them is anki-prettify.
The exact CSS an HTML has to be changed on a per-note base under Tools, Manage Note Types, and
Cards after selecting the corresponding note.
Resources
The following are useful resources and (shared) decks for learning various languages with Anki.
French Resources
The following is a list of French resources.
- French A0/A1 Anki Deck + Images/Audio/Explanations is a shared deck for various French grammar and idioms. It is especially useful since it contains a practical note type for grammar questions.