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7. Query options dialog

7.1 Option groups

[option groups]

Depending on the dictionary or the time you have to learn the vocabulary different settings may be optimal.

For that reason all the settings of the pages of this dialog can be summarized under an arbitrarilly chosen name. You can store the settings and recall them whenever you want.

Retain

Retains the settings of the other pages under the current name.

Saving to disk is done as with all the other settings using the according menu item of the options menu.

Recall

Recalls the settings from the group in the list.

New

Creates a new group with the current settings.

Delete

Removes the current group.

 

7.2 General query options

[query options]

Max. time

This limits the time kvoctrain grants you to remember the correct answer.

Set the number to zero if you want to switch this behaviour off.

If you exceeed this time limit several times in series kvoctrain will assume that there is currently no person in front of the screen and stop the query.

Swap direction randomly

Usually a query is only in one direction, depending on the column you used to start the query. With this checkbox you can determine, that the directions are altered randomly.

 

7.3 Query threshholds

[query threshholds]

With this dialog you determine which entries are included in the next selection for random query.

Lesson

Designate which lesson to include or leave out.

Word type

Select the word type. kvoctrain does not pay any attention to subtypes.

Grade

The same for the grade.

Query count

Choose how often the selection must be queried.

Bad count

The same for the amount of times the entry was not known.

Last query

Include queries before or within the given time span.

Entries which have not been queried are always included if you choose before.

Entries are only included if all conditions are fulfilled. If you want a property to be ignored, choose "Dont care" for it.

 

7.4 Blocking and expiring

[query blocking]

On this page you select the time, an known entry is excluded from queries resp. when it must be queried at the latest.

If one of this functions is active, the threshhold from the previous dialog page (grade, count of queries and last date) are not taken into account.

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