Creating flash cards using Latex

Installation (in Ubuntu):

1. Install Kile

2. apt-get latex texlive and texlive-latex-extra packages

3. Modify the /usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/flashcards/flashcards.cls to new flashcards.cls

4. Print them in pdf format for reading

My future Pet project:

1. Create a java viewer (since I use both linux and windows) for latex or use some open source java library that renders latex (I didnot find a good C# library that does it either).

2. Use the flashcard package.

3. Use supermemo algorithm or Leitner system to enhance learning experience.

References:

Guide to using flashcard document class: Alexander Budge's document

Installation:

1. http://underdown.wordpress.com/2009/01/26/creating-printable-pdf-flash-cards-using-latex/

2. http://feferraz.net/en/P/Flashcards_in_LaTeX

Collections of good flash cards: http://www.physics.utah.edu/~jasonu/flash-cards/

How to access the machine in CISE labs @ UF

Here is CISE's official webpage for accessing CISE public machines: http://www.cise.ufl.edu/help/access/index.shtml

Here is quick summary:

To access linux or solaris cise machines, you can 

SSH using "Putty" on thunder.cise.ufl.edu (or sand, rain, bay, shine, storm, ...)

or SCP using "WinSCP"

To access Windows machine, you can remote desktop (or rdesktop) to new-mercury.cise.ufl.edu

If you have an office in CISE labs, you can access you machine using following steps:

Note: You will need a CISE account and password to the local machine. :)

You can replace 10.227.170.147 using your IP address.

 

To be done once: install vnc server and openssh in you session and vnc client on you home machine

Start vnc server on the machine (in CISE Lab)

1. Locally using command: vnc4server :n (where n is some number say eg. :2)

or on remote machine - these are steps 

1. open putty

2. ssh to rain

3. ssh to 10.227.170.147 from rain

4. vnc4server :n (where n is some number say eg. :2)

1. open putty

2. Go to Connections > SSH > Tunnels

Source port: 5901

Destination: 10.227.170.147:5901

3. Connect to rain.cise.ufl.edu n leave the session as it is

4. Open VNC client and connect to 127.0.0.1:1

5. Enter password in the small dialog box

6. gnome-session (if you get a terminal, you can skip this step by configuring the vnc server settings)