Mnemosyne Changelog

What's new in Mnemosyne 2.11

Nov 13, 2023

Add support for ruby/furigana, i.e '?[???]' will render with the furigana above the kanji.
Mnemosyne can now also be installed on top of an existing Python installation by doing 'pip install mnemosyne-proj'. This also opens the door to an up-to-date install on MacOS.
Upgrade build system to poetry and test system to Pytest (patch by Ace Z. Alba and kuraga).
Fix more errors in 'Non-latin point size increase' (reported by Hugo Coolens).
Improve icon finding logic (patch by traveller1).
Fix not remembering last statistics page in some cases (patch by Andreas Perstinger).
Fix rare threading issue in sync server.

New in Mnemosyne 2.10.1 (Feb 7, 2023)

New in Mnemosyne 2.10 (Feb 7, 2023)

New in Mnemosyne 2.9 (Jul 7, 2022)

New in Mnemosyne 2.8 (Jul 1, 2021)

New in Mnemosyne 2.7.3 (Nov 24, 2020)

New in Mnemosyne 2.7.2 (Jul 10, 2020)

New in Mnemosyne 2.7.1 (Feb 20, 2020)

New in Mnemosyne 2.6.1 (Aug 8, 2018)

New in Mnemosyne 2.6 (Dec 12, 2017)

New in Mnemosyne 2.5 (Jun 27, 2017)

New in Mnemosyne 2.4.1 (Mar 14, 2017)

New in Mnemosyne 2.4.0 (Mar 14, 2017)

New in Mnemosyne 2.3.6 (Oct 24, 2016)

New in Mnemosyne 2.3.5 (Oct 24, 2016)

New in Mnemosyne 2.3.4 (Oct 24, 2016)

New in Mnemosyne 2.3.3 (Apr 16, 2015)

New in Mnemosyne 2.3.2 (Feb 26, 2015)

New in Mnemosyne 2.3.1 (Jun 19, 2014)

New in Mnemosyne 2.3 (Jun 19, 2014)

The sync protocol has changed in this version, so make sure you update both
the client and the server at the same time.
A quick-and-dirty Android client is available, where you can do reviews in your mobile browser using a webserver which runs on your Android device. This client has full support for the syncing protocol.
The functionality of mnemosyne-webserver has now been merged into the main program and can be activated through 'Configure Mnemosyne - servers'.
Time to create backups has decreased, in some situations even by a factor of 2 or more, speeding up syncing and program exit.
Sped up all editing operations in the card browser.
The name of the currently active saved set of cards is now listed in title bar.
Added new statistic: number of new cards learned per day.
Also sync relevant settings (e.g. fonts, colours, ...) during the initial sync.
Improve the timeout handling of the sync protocol.
New Ukranian, Swedish, Serbian, Catalan translation.
Fix erroneous 'Wrong username or password' error.
Rework error handling when trying to load a database which no longer exists in its previous location.
Keep the sort order in the card browser when editing cards.
Added command line options --sync-server and --web-server which starts the sync and the web server in headless mode (i.e. without a GUI) (useful to run e.g. on a NAS server).
Fix more errors coming from loading config files.
Added an extra popup to guide new people better through the learning process.
Fix crash when exporting to cards format when Latex was not installed.
Make card conversion more robust for badly formatted card.
When editing a card through the browser, make sure the correct set of tags is
displayed if sister cards have different tags.
Allow converting a Cloze card to a clone of a Cloze card through the browser.
Instruct people on the correct way to deal with '*.cards' files if they try to open it as a separate database .
Make it clearer what 'Find duplicates' does.
Various cosmetic fixes when importing *.cards files
Fix tag tree sometimes not updating correctly if the user adds a new tag.
People writing e.g. Javascript card and needing access to the full path of the media directory can now use db_media:///foo.png.
Flash files are now synced as well.
When editing a card where different sister cards have different tags, ask if the tags should be applied to the current card or to all sister cards.
Fix Windows crash when using the card browser with cards imported from Supermemo.
Fix crash when renaming cloned card types through the card browser.
Make Mnemosyne 1.x import more robust.
Don't allow saving the database to a network drive under Windows to prevent corruption.
Fix sync error that could occur when adding and immediately deleting multiple sister cards from the card browser.
Fix latex / cloze interaction corner case.
Fix corner case of overzealous introduction of media dir in expansion.
Make sure latex images are always in sync when updating text.
If adding an extra tag when importing a 'cards' file, don't keep the tag 'Untagged'. If you were affected by this issue before, 'compact database' will solve this.

New in Mnemosyne 2.2.1 (Apr 16, 2013)

The premade cards from the old 1.x website have now all been converted to the new 2.x cards format and put on the new website. This will make importing much easier, as graphics are bundled.
For txt import, a text file can now contain a fourth column which will be mapped to the 'notes' field of a Vocabulary card.
When editing or browsing cards, don't reset the state of the scheduler such that you need to press 'show answer' again or such that a new card appears.
Remember which tags where expanded/collapsed in the tag tree.
Correctly update flag 'hide pronunciation' in the popup menu.
When merging duplicate cards, merge tags also.
Fix regression where all the dialogs would have generic names ('mnemosyne') as opposed to e.g. 'Add cards'.
Correctly format clozes in latex, e.g. [Lorentz force law] [\mathbf{F}]=[q]([\mathbf{E}]+[\mathbf{v}\times\mathbf{B}]$>()requested by acdenh). If you want literal [] in latex, use \left[ and \right].
Fix crash when converting multiple cards at the same time between e.g. Vocabulary card type and Map card type.
No longer allow mass converting of cards to Cloze card types, as this requires editing of the card content for each card anyhow.
Fix browser crash occuring after deleting a card type which had custom formatting.
Unless the 'Prefill tag behaviour' plugin is active, changing card types will never change the tag you already filled in, even if it's different from the last used tag.
When changing the font for '', make a more neutral choice for default font in case currently different card types have different fonts.
Make sync and sync error handling more robust.
In case you don't explicitly select a background color, use your theme's background colour as opposed to white for empty cards.
The quote key to left of 1 (`) can now also be used as a short cut for grade 0.
In the card browser, CTRL+F can be used to focus the input on the search field.
Improve the position of dialogs popping up from the card browser, sync window, ... .
Fix crash pressing the 'Delete' key in the 'Activate cards' dialog.
When changing card types, only warn about losing history when there is actual history present.
In case you are not using saved sets and create a new tag whose parent is inactive, make the new tag inactive too. (If you have a saved set active, you'll get a dialog box asking whether you want to activate that tag or not, just like before).
Fix bug in interaction between Latex system and exporting to the 'cards' format.
More tweaks for RTL languages like Arabic and Hebrew.
No more superfluous empty lines for cards with RTL languages.
When changing languagues, translate the window title immediately, instead of after reboot.
On a Thai system, don't use Thai numerals in the card browser if the language is set to English.
Take time zone information into account when displaying creation date of card in browser.
When renaming a saved set, prefill the name field with the previous name of the set.
Don't reset selected plugin when importing a new plugin.
When trying to deactivate a card type in use, show name of the card type in the error message.
Fix CTRL+F shortcut for inserting flash, CTRL+D for inserting video, and CTRL+C for copying.
Tab key now cycles through all the grade buttons.
Fix grading shortcuts R and W for 'right' and 'wrong' in the cramming scheduler.
Backspace and delete shortcuts to delete the current card work again.

New in Mnemosyne 2.2a (Dec 19, 2012)

New in Mnemosyne 2.2 (Dec 5, 2012)

Added menu option to detect duplicates in the database.
Made the cramming scheduler more configurable. Cards can now be studied in random order. Also, you have the option of whether to save the scheduler state or not when exiting the program.
The way the tag field is prefilled for new cards is changed. By default, the last used tag is used, regardless of card type. If you want the pre-2.2 behavior, where the last used tag is remembered per card type, there is a bundled plugin you can activate.
When exporting to the 'cards' format, the latex files are now pregenerated and bundled.
Fix errors coming from loading config files
Ported missing import file formats from 1.x: SuperMemo7 text, SuperMemo from Palm, Cuecard WCU.
Double-clicking on a saved set in 'Activate cards' now automatically selects the set and closes the window.
Add "Insert Flash" option (Note: Flash needs to be installed on your system
for this to work).
Added support for video files under Windows (contrary to Linux, they will play in an external window using mplayer).
When you have both tags "A" and "A::B", the card browser will now show the first tag as "A::Untagged".
Javascript can now contain line breaks.
In 'edit cards', make more robust of no longer warning about discarding changes if you did not make any.
Sped up deleting of large number of cards from the card browser.
When pasting into the "Add cards" or "Edit cards" dialog, respect the formatting of the card field.
Be more robust against importing 1.x cards with missing information.
Bug fix involving notes with multiple lines with exporting cards.
Fix bug with picture sometimes not showing when first starting the program.
Better support for non-latin characters in sound files under Windows.
Fix crash in 'Compact database' involving too many open files.
Fix situation where tag pane would be no longer visible after adding a first saved card set.
Changing card types and deleting cards from the card browser is now faster.
No longer convert filenames to lower case on Windows.
Fix another crash involving duplicates while converting cards.
When upgrading from 1.x on OSX, explicitly tell the user where their 1.x data was backed up.
Fix displaying non-latin characters in statistics.
Don't erase fields when cancelling a card type conversion.
Don't allow cancelling the import metadata information dialog.
Fix harmless error message when converting to Cloze cards in the card browser.
Upgraded to latest version of Qt/PyQt.

New in Mnemosyne 2.1 (Sep 14, 2012)

New in Mnemosyne 2.0.1 (Aug 6, 2012)

New in Mnemosyne 2.0 (Jul 10, 2012)

Major user-visible changes:
Support for what is called card types. The main user visible changes are that
editing a vice versa card or three sided card will automatically update the
related card. There is also support for N-sided cards.
Whereas in Mnemosyne 1.x, a card could belong to only one category, now a
card can have multiple tags. Tags can also be organised in a hierachy, with
separating the levels of the hierachy.
Powerful new card browser, giving much more information and flexibility to
organise your cards.
Activate cards' is completely revamped and is much more flexible. Also, sets
of active cards can be now be saved for easier access later.
Graphical statistics, easily extensible through plugins (first implementation
by Mike Appleby).
Each individual field in a card can now have its own font, colour, ... which
can be set through the GUI. Background colour is also configurable per card
type.
The widget that displays the cards is now a full webbrowser, with e.g.
support for Javascript, animated gifs, ... .
Added cramming scheduler plugin, which goes through your cards in random
order and does not affect the normal scheduler data. It is visually
distinguished from the regular scheduler by having only two grade buttons
Right and Wrong).
Sync protocol, to synchronise a mobile device to your desktop client. Fully
bidirectional, i.e. you can add new cards on your desktop and review old
cards on your phone, and both sets of changes will be merged seamlessly.
Can sync with more than 1 partner. Optimised for speed and memory usage
on mobile devices. First implementation by Ed Bartosh and Max Usachev.
Prototype webserver for reviews through a browser. Should be functional, but
contains no security and is not yet integrated with the GUI. Start the
mnemosyne-webserver executable and follow the instructions.
Other changes:
Move from Qt3 to Qt4 as GUI toolkit, which has better performance and
eliminates many interface quirks.
Move to SQL as the storage backend, resulting in improved speed and memory
usage, as well as better scalability for large decks (first implementation
by Ed Bartosh).
Added card type for maps, and for cloze deletion.
Plugins can now be turned on and off through the GUI.
Windows use scroll bar when the data does not fit.
When importing a sound or an image, a copy is made to the mnemosyne data
directory. This saves some confusing explaining to new users about the
difference between relative and absolute paths.
Mnemosyne can now save after each reviewed card. Default is to only save after
10 reps, to save battery.
Avoid showing the same card twice in a row during review.
Replaced 'number of grade 0 cards to hold in your hand' by 'number of non
memorised cards to hold in your hand', so that the limit now works on the
total of grade 0 and 1 cards. Default value is 10.
Warn if the user memorises over 15 new cards in a session.
The keyboard shortcuts for the reviewing process no longer auto-repeat.
Added option to control whether media (sound/video) gets started automatically
when displaying a card (Currently not on Windows due to Qt bug).
Added option to display a media control (play/pause/slider) (Currently not on
Windows due to Qt bug).
Improved backup scheme. Users can now restore from backups using the
File - Open menu, as opposed to first decompressing a file outside of
Mnemosyne.
Importing from XML files has been sped up considerably (Johannes Baiter)
The learning history is now stored in an SQL database, allowing to calculate
more statistics.
The plugin mechanism encompasses also the statistics, configuration and card
activation screens.
Cards which are failed during learning ahead are now periodically brought
back in the learning process.
Mnemosyne now stores its data in a more standards compliant location:
C:/Users/peter/Application Data/Mnemosyne under Windows, and
home/pbienst/.local/share/mnemosyne and /home/pbienst/.config/mnemosyne
under Linux.
When leaving the program open overnight, the display will update at the
roll over point.
Intelligent sorting of categories containing numbers, so that you no longer
have to call a category 'Lesson 01' instead of 'Lesson '1 to get the correct
ordering (Mike Appleby).

New in Mnemosyne 1.2.2 (Mar 3, 2011)

New in Mnemosyne 1.2.1 (Mar 3, 2011)

New in Mnemosyne 1.2 (Mar 3, 2011)

New in Mnemosyne 1.1.1 (Mar 3, 2011)

New in Mnemosyne 1.1 (Mar 3, 2011)

New in Mnemosyne 1.0.2 (Mar 3, 2011)

New in Mnemosyne 1.0.1.1 (Mar 3, 2011)

New in Mnemosyne 1.0.1 (Mar 3, 2011)

New in Mnemosyne 1.0 (Dec 28, 2007)

(This assumes that the system you are working on has Python installed, as
well as all the libraries Mnemosyne requires.)
new logo, thanks to a contributor whose name sadly got lost in the
demise of the open-collab site.
new icons, based on the Crystal iconset.
added tip of the day wizard.
implemented a basic plugin system. The directory .mnemosyne/plugins
can contain Python scripts which will be executed at run time and
which can be used to customise Mnemosyne or add new features.
when importing from tab separated txt files, the presence of 3 columns
on a line gives results in the import of 3-sided cards (written form /
pronunciation / translation).
choosing 'reset learning data' on export now preserves the relationship
between cards (for e.g. inverses and three-sided cards).
automatically back up the database to XML on exit. The last five backups
are kept in .mnemosyne/backup.
support for multiple sound tags per field (requested by compiu).
removed a few rarely used options from the configuration dialog and
placed them in .mnemosyne/config.py, a new file which can be used to
set these and other rarely used options.
increase the maximum value of 'increase size of non-latin characters'
to 200 (requested by Mike Charlton).
make 'increase size of non-latin characters' more robust (Nils Kriha).
Previously, not all values of this setting would result in a visible
change.
don't count inactive cards in the grade distribution in the statistics
window (reported by Joonatan Kaartinen).
add support for translations. (German translation provided by Martin Mueller,
Spanish by Daniel Alvarez Wise and Juan Alonsa, Dutch by Edwin de Jong)
The translation will be chosen automatically based on your system's
localisation, but can be overridden by editing the 'locale' variable in
.mnemosyne/config.py.
improved tooltips.
added desktop file, so that Mnemosyne shows up in the application menu
under Linux.
more verbose error messages when an import failed, showing the line that
failed to parse.
log uploading now works if a proxy is needed to access the web.
added support for Unicode filenames.
recreate user id from history folder in case the config file was
accidentally deleted.
don't exit when final save failed (requested by lebowski_404).
added more supported sound and picture formats.
don't stumble over (invalid) unicode in latex commands (reported by Tomek
Guzialek).
ixed 'Save as' option.