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Kanjicard - Electronic Flash Cards of Japanese Characters.
Kanjicard was created using ShowPartner 3.0 presentation
software. It is pretty simply a flash card system I use to learn
and drill the first 204 Japanese characters of the 1,850 considered
essential for common literacy in Japan.
Files:
KANJI1.ZIP - KCARD1.SPS SCRIPT FILE
K1.GX1 TO K68.GX1 PICTURES
SHOW.EXE SHOW PARTNER VIEWING MODULE
KANJI.BAT - BATCHFILE TO START KANJICARD
SHUFFLE.BAT - BATCHFILE TO SHUFFLE CARDS
MENU.GX1, KNJICRD2.GX1, KNJICRD.CLR
README.TXT - THIS FILE
KANJI2.ZIP - KCARD2.SPS SCRIPT FILE
K69.GX1 TO K137.GX1 PICTURES
SHOW.EXE SHOW PARTNER VIEWING MODULE
MENU.GX1, KNJICRD2.GX1, KNJICRD.CLR
README.TXT - THIS FILE
KANJI3.ZIP - KCARD3.SPS SCRIPT FILE
K138.GX1 TO K204.GX1 PICTURES
SHOW.EXE SHOW PARTNER VIEWING MODULE
MENU.GX1, KNJICRD2.GX1, KNJICRD.CLR
README.TXT - THIS FILE
KNJISMPL.ZIP KCARD.SPS SCRIPT FILE
K1.GX1 TO K10.GX1 PICTURES
SHOW.EXE SHOW PARTNER VIEWING MODULE
KANJI2.BAT - BATCHFILE TO START KANJICARD
MENU.GX1, KNJICRD2.GX1, KNJICRD.CLR
README.TXT - THIS FILE
Kanjicard primarily consists of 3 main script files, the show
partner viewing program, and 204 kanji pictures that are the cards.
If you downloaded knjismpl.zip the script Kcard.sps is a limited
version of the program that allows one to see how it operates
before spending the time needed to download the entire kit and
caboodle.
Instructions
I recommend using Kanjicard on a hard disk with about 2 mb of
available space. Place all the files in a separate directory and
start by typing Kanji.bat. Each zip file contains one script and
the GX1 files used by that script so if you have limited hard disk
space you can use Kanjicard by only placing the files in one zip
file on the hard disk. Then invoke the script using show.exe. For
example type
show kcard1 or
show kcard2 or
show kcard3
Obviously if the hard disk contains files pertaining to one
script file only then attempting to execute the other script files
won't work.
Video - I used VGA mode 640 X 480 X 16 in creating the picture
files. Ega systems will probably not display Kanjicard
correctly.
Floppy Disk Use
If you unzip the individual files onto floppy disks (1.2 mb or
greater) you can operate kanjicard like normal with one exception.
The scripts allow one to jump from one to the other however if you
use a floppy disk system you must Insert the new disk BEFORE
invoking the command to jump to a new script file.
Commands:
There really are no special commands. Each card is displayed
in parts. First the character, next the definition and finally
three different uses of the character and the associated
definitions are displayed. Kanjicard pauses until you press the
enter key before continuing. Other keys used are as follows:
ESC - Used to move between scripts or to quit the program
Page Up & Down - Usually Kanjicard moves successively from one
card toe the next. When a character and only a character is
displayed pressing the page up or down keys will move forward
or back in ten unit or less jumps. Pressing page down at the
display of the 1st card will display the 10th card. Pressing
page down at the display of the 30th card will display the
40th card. Pressing page down at the display of the 9th card
will display the 10th card.
Page Up & Down - If these keys are pressed in the middle of
viewing a card beyond viewing the initial character only the
effect will be the same as ESC.
After pressing ESC you are given a 4 choices.
Press A to jump to kcard1.sps script file
Press B to jump to kcard2.sps script file
Press C to jump to kcard3.sps script file
If you are using floppy disks then be sure to change
floppies before pressing A, B, or C.
Press Q to quit Kanjicard.
Kanjicard is not intended as a substitute for the various
books available on reading Japanese characters. The process is
much to complex for that. As such I am not going to try and
explain things in too much detail. Basically the breakdown on the
cards is as follows.
On-yomi - pronunciations and readings taken from the Chinese -
are typed in capital letters.
Kun-yomi - Japanese reading - are typed in lower case letters.
Okurigana - Portion of Japanese reading that is written in Kana
or Japanese phonetic characters - are typed between
parentheses.
Kana - Some of the example words use kana but Kanjicard
makes no attempt to explain kana characters. If you
are attempting to read Japanese a working knowledge
of the phonetic character set is essential before
attempting to read Kanji.
Shuffle.bat The scripts are written to move consecutively from
one card to the next. This can get boring after a
while. The batch file shuffle.bat renames the GX1
files thus effectively shuffling the deck of cards.
If you look at the batch file it should be pretty
obvious how this works. The syntax is:
SHUFFLE %1 where 1, 2, 3, or 4 are the
replaceable parameters. Just typing shuffle
displays a message explaining use.
This is the first release of Kanjicard. It is a public domain
program and no charge, other than a nominal distribution charge,
for the program is allowable. The module SHOW.EXE is a public
domain viewing module for viewing Show Partner Scripts. However,
it is a copyrighted program of Brightbill Roberts and Company, Ltd.
If anyone has comments, suggestions or questions regarding
Kanjicard I can be reached through Compuserve.
Compuserve - 76407,451