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RalfGesellensetter | 11 Mar 2008 10:02

[kde-edu]: Parley and other stuff from KDE four live (Feedback)

Dear list,

I just tried out a recent version of KDE Four Live CD.
OpenSuse based, the system bootet smoothley and soon
I could see KDE4.0 on my desktop for the very first time.
Great stuff.

Right away I started testing Parley. To make it short: 
I could not get into practice mode despite 15 minutes of hard trying:
I downloaded lections (but couldn't find where they were stored), I 
opened the 2 included lections, browsed the word list, opened practise 
setup - but in the end, practise showed me a "20" in any line - and 
below a result of 0 words. As "blocking" was also 20, I checked again 
if blocking was enabeled (it wasn't). Maybe there is some further 
assistance needed - or even a change of presets.

I had to reboot into my kde3 system in order to give any feedback, as 
KDE 4live lacks Ksirc or at least an irc client for konsole.

I will also give Kalgebra a 2nd try, soon. I feel like a novice with all 
these re-designed eduapps - which is a pro (because now I can really 
tell what migrating collegues will feel).

Thank you for your work and your devotion.
Kind regards
Ralf.

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Frederik Gladhorn | 11 Mar 2008 21:26

Re: [kde-edu]: Parley and other stuff from KDE four live (Feedback)

Hi Ralf,

it would be very helpful to know the real version numbers. I have no clue what 
the suse live cds contain. Please look under "Help->About Parley" and let me 
know the kde and parley version.

El Tuesday 11 March 2008, RalfGesellensetter escribió:
> Dear list,
>
> I just tried out a recent version of KDE Four Live CD.
> OpenSuse based, the system bootet smoothley and soon
> I could see KDE4.0 on my desktop for the very first time.
> Great stuff.
:)

> Right away I started testing Parley. To make it short:
> I could not get into practice mode despite 15 minutes of hard trying:
> I downloaded lections (but couldn't find where they were stored), I
> opened the 2 included lections, browsed the word list, opened practise
> setup - but in the end, practise showed me a "20" in any line - and
> below a result of 0 words. As "blocking" was also 20, I checked again
> if blocking was enabeled (it wasn't). Maybe there is some further
> assistance needed - or even a change of presets.

You have a good point with the get hot new stuff which might be broken again. 
I got one confirmation :(
The documents should be saved in ~/.kde(4)/share/apps/kvtml.
Parley *should* automatically open them. Seems to not work :(

As to starting a practice I cannot really follow you. If it was the 4.1

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