From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 7 17:41:37 2007 Return-Path: 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 6E3F716A403 for ; Wed, 7 Mar 2007 17:41:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (gizmo.acns.msu.edu [35.8.1.43]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E6D213C4A8 for ; Wed, 7 Mar 2007 17:41:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l27HcgwP015398; Wed, 7 Mar 2007 12:38:42 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id l27Hcgwd015397; Wed, 7 Mar 2007 12:38:42 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jerrymc) Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 12:38:42 -0500 From: Jerry McAllister To: Gary Kline Message-ID: <20070307173841.GA15360@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <20070307172343.GA27959@thought.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070307172343.GA27959@thought.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List 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 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2007 17:41:37 -0000 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. ////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"