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align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"screenshots/demo1.gif\"\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 align=\"center\"\u003eCloze Overlapper for Anki\u003c/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n\u003ca title=\"Latest (pre-)release\" href=\"https://github.com/glutanimate/cloze-overlapper/releases\"\u003e\u003cimg src =\"https://img.shields.io/github/release-pre/glutanimate/cloze-overlapper.svg?colorB=brightgreen\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003ca title=\"License: GNU AGPLv3\" href=\"https://github.com/glutanimate/cloze-overlapper/blob/master/LICENSE\"\u003e\u003cimg  src=\"https://img.shields.io/badge/license-GNU AGPLv3-green.svg\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003ca title=\"Rate on AnkiWeb\" href=\"https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/969733775\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https://glutanimate.com/logos/ankiweb-rate.svg\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca title=\"Buy me a coffee :)\" href=\"https://ko-fi.com/X8X0L4YV\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https://img.shields.io/badge/ko--fi-contribute-%23579ebd.svg\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003ca title=\"Support me on Patreon :D\" href=\"https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=7522179\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https://img.shields.io/badge/patreon-support-%23f96854.svg\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003ca title=\"Follow me on Twitter\" href=\"https://twitter.com/intent/user?screen_name=glutanimate\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https://img.shields.io/twitter/follow/glutanimate.svg\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003e List memorization made easy!\n\nThis is an add-on for the spaced-repetition flashcard app [Anki](https://apps.ankiweb.net/). It facilitates **memorizing enumerations**, lists, or any other type of sequential information by breaking the sequence up into cards where each item serves as the context cue for the next.\n\n### Table of Contents \u003c!-- omit in toc --\u003e\n\n\u003c!-- MarkdownTOC levels=\"1,2,3\" --\u003e\n\n- [Background](#background)\n- [The Add-on](#the-add-on)\n- [Installation](#installation)\n- [Documentation](#documentation)\n- [Building](#building)\n- [Contributing](#contributing)\n- [License and Credits](#license-and-credits)\n\n\u003c!-- /MarkdownTOC --\u003e\n\n### Background\n \nMemorizing lists and enumerations has always been a particularly difficult part of studying flashcards. Good flashcards follow the **minimum information principle**, where each card is kept as short as possible. Sequential information has unfortunately always somewhat eluded that basic principle because it is hard to break down into smaller chunks. Normally you would employ methods like grouping or categorizing to consolidate information, but with each item building upon the next, that does usually not work for sequences or enumerations.\n\nOne of the [common recommendations](https://www.supermemo.com/en/articles/20rules#Enumerations) in cases like this has always been to create **overlapping flashcards**, where each card's answer serves as the question prompt for next card in line. For an array of three list items A, B, C you would end up with three cards of the form A → B, B → C, and C → D. What results is chain of overlapping associations between each sequence node that can potentially improve the storage and retrieval strength of the entire sequence.\n\nWhile this method is generally assumed to be quite effective, following it requires a significant **time investment** up-front that only few students are able or willing to make.\n\n### The Add-on\n\nThis is where *Cloze Overlapper* comes in. It takes care of all the arduous steps required to create these flashcards manually and provides you with a dead-simple workflow: You paste in the sequence or list, adjust the cloze generation settings, and let the add-on generate the cards for you. \n\nMore generally speaking, *Cloze Overlaper* provides Anki with a completely novel cloze system that can cover almost every use case you can think of, be it revealing each taxon of a classification system individually, or even gradually building up to an entire poem:\n\n![](screenshots/demo2.gif)\n\nDue to working with the formatting tools that Anki provides itself, the cards generated by this add-on are fully **compatible with all Anki platforms**, smartphone apps included:\n\n![](screenshots/platforms.png)\n\n### Installation\n\n#### AnkiWeb \u003c!-- omit in toc --\u003e\n\nThe easiest way to install Cloze Overlapper is through [AnkiWeb](https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/969733775).\n\n#### Manual installation \u003c!-- omit in toc --\u003e\n\nPlease click on the entry corresponding to your Anki version:\n\n**Note: Pre-compiled test builds for Anki 2.1 are now available [on my Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/glutanimate/posts?tag=Cloze%20Overlapper).** These will become public once testing is complete.\n\n\u003cdetails\u003e\n\n\u003csummary\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnki 2.1\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/summary\u003e\n\n1. Make sure you have the [latest version](https://apps.ankiweb.net/#download) of Anki 2.1 installed. Earlier releases (e.g. found in various Linux distros) do not support `.ankiaddon` packages.\n2. Download the latest `.ankiaddon` package from [my Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/glutanimate/posts?tag=Cloze%20Overlapper)\n3. From Anki's main window, head to *Tools* → *Add-ons*\n4. Drag-and-drop the `.ankiaddon` package onto the add-ons list\n5. Restart Anki\n\n\u003c/details\u003e\n\n\u003cdetails\u003e\n\n\u003csummary\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnki 2.0\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/summary\u003e\n\n1. Go to *Tools* → *Add-ons* → *Open add-ons folder*\n2. Find and delete the `Cloze Overlapper.py` file if it already exists.\n3. See if you can find a `cloze_overlapper` folder. If so:\n    1. If the folder contains a `meta.json` file, copy the file to a safe location. This will allow you to preserve your current settings.\n    2. Proceed to delete the `cloze_overlapper` folder\n4. Download and extract the latest Anki 2.0 add-on release from [my Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/glutanimate/posts?tag=Cloze%20Overlapper)\n5. Move the extracted `Cloze Overlapper.py` and `cloze_overlapper` into the add-ons folder\n6. Optional: Place the `meta.json` file back into the directory if you created a copy beforehand.\n7. Restart Anki\n\n\u003c/details\u003e\n\n### Documentation\n\nThe use of the add-on is documented in the [Wiki section](https://github.com/Glutanimate/cloze-overlapper/wiki) and a [series of video tutorials on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzBoDe3PgAc\u0026list=PL3MozITKTz5Y9owI163AJMYqKwhFrTKcT). More information may also be found in the [AnkiWeb description](docs/description.md).\n\n### Building\n\nWith [Anki add-on builder](https://github.com/glutanimate/anki-addon-builder/) installed:\n\n    git clone https://github.com/glutanimate/cloze-overlapper.git\n    cd cloze-overlapper\n    aab build\n\nFor more information on the build process please refer to [`aab`'s documentation](https://github.com/glutanimate/anki-addon-builder/#usage).\n\n### Contributing\n\nContributions are welcome! Please review the [contribution guidelines](./CONTRIBUTING.md) on how to:\n\n- Report issues\n- File pull requests\n- Support the project as a non-developer\n\n### License and Credits\n\n*Cloze Overlapper* is *Copyright © 2019 [Aristotelis P.](https://glutanimate.com/) (Glutanimate)*\n\nWith code contributions from: [zjosua](https://github.com/zjosua), (Thank you!)\n\nI would like to extend my heartfelt thanks to everyone who has helped with testing, provided suggestions, or contributed in any other way!\n\nI'd also like to thank:\n\n- [Piotr Wozniak](https://www.supermemo.com/english/company/wozniak.htm) for laying the theoretical groundwork for overlapping cloze deletions with his [20 rules of formulating knowledge](https://www.supermemo.com/en/articles/20rules)\n- [Soren Bjornstad](https://github.com/sobjornstad) for giving me the inspiration for this add-on with his project [AnkiLPCG](https://github.com/sobjornstad/AnkiLPCG), back when it was still a standalone module\n\nCloze Overlapper is free and open-source software. 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For more information please see the [LICENSE](https://github.com/glutanimate/cloze-overlapper/blob/master/LICENSE) file that accompanied this program.\n\nThis program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY.\n\n----\n\n\u003cb\u003e\n\u003cdiv align=\"center\"\u003eThe continued development of this add-on is made possible \u003cbr\u003ethanks to my \u003ca href=\"https://www.patreon.com/glutanimate\"\u003ePatreon\u003c/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https://ko-fi.com/X8X0L4YV\"\u003eKo-Fi\u003c/a\u003e supporters.\n\u003cbr\u003eYou guys rock ❤️ !\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/b\u003e","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fglutanimate%2Fcloze-overlapper","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fglutanimate%2Fcloze-overlapper","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fglutanimate%2Fcloze-overlapper/lists"}