The most important operations on the browser are available from the browser menu. To open this menu
right-click over the browser
window, click the menu button on the browser
toolbar, press Alt+F10, or press Apps Key
(context menu key left of the right Ctrl key).
The browser menu includes the following options:
- View - display the
current element in the element window (Enter or Ctrl+Enter),
and switch focus to that window.
When the synchronize button
is down on the browser toolbar, changing
the selection in the browser will automatically change the element displayed
in the element window
- Learn - make outstanding repetitions on elements included in the
browser. The sequence of repetitions is determined by how elements are
sorted in the browser (i.e. not by the global repetition schedule). Once
outstanding repetitions are made, Learn will proceed with memorizing browser elements
that are listed in the pending queue
- Child - open a child
browser with a subset of elements stored in the currently used browser
- Selected - open
a child browser with all elements that are marked with a checkmark in the
leftmost column (see Select : Select element below)
- Unselected -
open a child browser with all elements that are unchecked in the leftmost column
- Sources - open a child browser that will include only sources
of articles, extracts and clozes listed in the browser (including
sources not listed in the browser)
- Articles - open a child browser that will include only
top-level articles. All extracts and clozes will not be listed
- Descendants - open a new browser that includes all presently
displayed elements and their descendants in the knowledge tree
- Outstanding -
open a child browser with all outstanding elements of the currently opened
browser
- Memorized - open a child browser with all memorized elements contained in the current browser
- Pending - open a child browser with all pending elements contained in the current browser
- Dismissed - open a child browser with all dismissed elements contained in the current browser
- Items -
open a child browser with all elements that are items
- Topics -
open a child browser with all elements that are topics
- Tasks -
open a child browser with all elements that are tasks (i.e. belong to
any of SuperMemo tasklists)
- Filter - open a child browser with elements
meeting a set of chosen filter criteria
- Branch -
open a child browser with all elements that both belong to the currently
opened browser and a selected branch in the contents
window (i.e. eliminate all elements that do not belong to the
branch)
- Select - select or
unselect browser elements (read also: Using
subsets)
- Select element - mark the
current element as selected. Marking is most easily
done with Ins. Marked elements have a
checkmark in
the leftmost column. You can later process marked element with other options such as
Select : Save selection or Child : Selected
- Select all elements - mark all elements in
the browser as selected
- Clear selection - unmark all elements
- Invert selection - unmark marked elements and mark unmarked
elements
- Select browser range - mark all elements in
the rows numbered in a given range. For example, if you input the range 10-20, the
elements in the rows numbered from 10 to 20 will be marked as selected
- Select element range - mark all elements
with numbers falling in a given range. Element number expresses the elements physical
place in a given collection and is used as a unique element identifier. Element number is
displayed in the column ElNo
- Unselect browser range - unmark all
elements in the rows numbered in a given range
- Unselect element range - mark all elements
with numbers falling in a given range
- Unselect-Subtract - unmark all elements
that belong to a given subset file
- Unselect-Intersect - unmark all elements
that cannot be found in a given subset file
- Save selection - save all marked elements
in a subset file (see Select element above)
- Subset - subset operations (read also: Using
subsets)
- Save all - save the whole contents of the
browser in a subset file
- Add subset file - create a new browser with
the sum of the current browser and a subset file
- Subtract subset file - create a new browser
with the difference of the current browser and a subset file (i.e. containing all elements
that belong to the browser and do not belong to the subset file)
- Intersect subset file - create a new
browser with the intersection of the current browser and a subset file (i.e. containing
all elements that belong to both the browser and the subset file)
- Intersperse subset - create a new browser that
includes the current browser and a subset file mixed randomly in given
proportions. For example, if you choose ratio of frequencies
equal to 2, the browser will list two elements taken from the current
browser for each element taken from the subset file. If you mix
Chemistry and Math 3:1 (frequency ratio: 3.00) and then mix the
resulting subset with Biology 1:1.5 (frequency ratio: 0.666),
then for each 10 elements, you will get 6 Biology elements, 3 Chemistry
elements and one Math element. The excess elements will be listed at the
end of the subset
- Delete - delete a subset file
- Search
- Find - find the first element in the
browser with a title containing a given string. The search begins starting with the
element that follows the currently selected element
- Find next - repeat the last search
operation with Search : Find (e.g. to search for the next element with
the same string)
- Find all - find all elements containing a given
text in their title and place these elements in a new browser
- Find current - locate the element from the element
window in the browser
- Sort - sort the browser
by a given column
- For review (Ctrl+S) - sort the browser using
sorting criteria as defined by Learn : Sorting : Sorting criteria
- By A-Factor - sort the browser by
A-Factor
- By delay - sort the browser by the element delay in repetitions
- By difficulty - sort the browser by the
estimated difficulty of elements
- By element number - sort the browser by the
element number (column ElNo)
- By forgetting index - sort the browser by
the requested forgetting index
- By last repetition - sort the browser by
the date of the last repetition
- By memory lapses - sort the browser by the
number of memory lapses, i.e. the number of times each element
was forgotten
- By next repetition - sort the browser by
the date of the next repetition
- By ordinal number - sort the browser by ordinal numbers
- By postpone count - sort the browser by the number of times
elements have been postponed by Postpone
- By priority - sort the browser by element priority
- By repetitions - sort the browser by the
number of repetitions afforded each element (i.e. the number of times each element was
repeated)
- By title - sort the browser alphabetically
by the element title
- By tree - sort the browser by the precedence of elements in the
knowledge tree (i.e. root first, first child of the root second, etc.)
- By type - sort the browser by
element type (item, topic or task)
- By U-Factor - sort the browser by U-Factor
- Randomize -
randomly mix up the contents of the browser
- Random
- Random review - jump to a randomly picked
element in the browser. This option is useful in quickly reviewing the material contained
in the browser
- Random test - start random test on the
contents of the browser. All elements will be repeated in the standard way but the
repetitions will have no effect on the learning process. Unless you
review somebody else's collection, it is
recommended you use subset review on a
randomized browser rather
than Random test
- Random learning - start random learning the
elements in the browser. Memorized elements will not
be affected but the pending elements will be memorized
- Randomize browser - randomize the contents of
the browser
- Tools
- Export as XML - export the elements included in the browser in
the XML format. The exported XML file can then be imported to other
SuperMemos for learning. See: Revolution
in the pocket
- Export Q&A text - export all elements
in the browser as a text file of questions and answers. Such a file can later be imported
to other versions of SuperMemo even if they do not support XML import.
Q&A files can thus be imported to SuperMemo 6 for
DOS, SuperMemo 7 for Windows,
SuperMemo for Pocket PC, SuperMemo for Palm
OS, Multimedia
SuperMemo, supermemo.net, SuperMemo
Library, SuperMemo 98 Freeware,
etc.
- Export as text - export all elements in the
browser as a text file with the learning process included. Such a file can later be imported to another collection
- Export all texts - export all elements in the browser as a text
file that includes only the texts used by the browser elements (no
learning information will be included)
- Transfer - transfer all elements
from the
browser to another collection
- Save pending - save elements from the
browser in the pending queue (this option is only active
if you are using a browser with the contents of the pending queue). You can use this
option to sort the pending queue by ordinal numbers, by title, etc.
For example, to sort the pending queue by difficulty: (1) choose View : Pending, (2) click the column Dif, and (3)
choose Tools : Save pending on the browser menu
- Save drill - save elements from the browser
in the final drill queue. The old queue will be overwritten. You can use this options to
drill a subset of elements (e.g. on the day before an important examination).
Before you use the drill queue for cramming, use subset
review
- Save repetitions -
reschedule all outstanding browser elements along the current browser
sorting order. You can use this option to sort
outstanding repetitions (e.g. for difficulty, length of the interval,
number of memory lapses, etc.)
- Swap Q&A - swap questions and answers in browser elements
- Repetitions graph - display a graph that shows the correlation
between the number of repetitions and the interval reached by elements
included in the browser
- Process browser
-
process all elements in the browser using options available from the subset
processing menu
- Close - close the browser