[FEATURE] Create flashcards directly from meanings

[dummifiedme]

Currently, I tried creating flashcards of the format

Word
#flashcard
Meaning

But the meaning it takes is a long form. With a lot of headers. If possible can we have a way to just create a flashcard with the most suitable meaning.

[phibr0]

How would you determine the most suitable meaning? That would also take manual labor and thus wouldn't be automatic anymore.

[dummifiedme]

How would you determine the most suitable meaning? That would also take manual labor and thus wouldn't be automatic anymore.

Like the google generally provides with a meaning, then further elaborates. To make it fairly automatic we can have additional {{templates}} for short meanings. Currently there is only one {{meaning}} template, which is kind of extensive.

Eg we can have a card with the template

{{word}}
#flashcard
{{short meaning}}
{{synonym}}

Storing the whole dictionary page is anyway unintuitive when we are striving for smaller bit sized notes. :)

[phibr0]

I understand, what {{meaning}} is depends on the API you are currently using and not on the Plugin itself, e.g. the default german API only provides a single meaning most of the time:

# Test

## Pronunciation

- Tést

## Meanings

### Substantiv, Maskulin

[wissenschaftlicher oder technischer] Versuch zur Feststellung bestimmter Eigenschaften, Leistungen o. Ä.

> ein wissenschaftlicher, klinischer, psychologischer Test

[dummifiedme]

I understand, what {{meaning}} is depends on the API you are currently using and not on the Plugin itself, e.g. the default german API only provides a single meaning most of the time:

# Test

## Pronunciation

- Tést

## Meanings

### Substantiv, Maskulin

[wissenschaftlicher oder technischer] Versuch zur Feststellung bestimmter Eigenschaften, Leistungen o. Ä.

> ein wissenschaftlicher, klinischer, psychologischer Test

Oh, I see. I am using the FreeDictionary as default. I will try others out.

Also, Someone did float a WordNet plugin and its GIF shows one meaning per word only, but that plugin seems to be broken. Makes by Obsidian hang and then force close.

[phibr0]

Also, Someone did float a WordNet plugin and its GIF shows one meaning per word only, but that plugin seems to be broken. Makes by Obsidian hang and then force close.

Why not create an Issue on its Repo?

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I will think about adding a new variable {{meaning}} or something like that which will only insert the first meaning, potentially as one line (I am not 100% sure how the Flashcard Plugins work) so that flashcards can be created more easily. What do you think of that?

[kitaev-chen]

To be compatible with flashcard, one additional suggestion is to be compatible with the symbols used in this plugin too: https://github.com/st3v3nmw/obsidian-spaced-repetition

[kitaev-chen]

cooperate with obsidian-spaced-repetition, it's easy to write a template in obsidian-dictionary settings:

a simple example is:

---
# {{notice}} 
aliases: ["{{word}}"]
---

# {{word}}
#flashcards

## {{pronunciationHeader}}

{{phoneticList}}

## {{meaningHeader}}

{{meanings}}

## {{originHeader}}

{{origin}}

## Flashcard

{{word}}
?
meanings description

what we need is to extract the corresponding answer part (e.g. "meanings description")