by ichverstehe on 10/31/22, 7:52 AM with 0 comments
To help me prepare for a biology test, I made a Python app, using the excellent genanki package[1] to generate Anki cards directly from my Markdown notes. Cards are created from list items, using delimeters like `?::` to separate the question/answer (or front/back) from one another.
Example:
---
# The Solar System
- Number of planets ?:: 8
## Planets
- Mars
- Color ?:: red
This will create two cards:
(1)
Path: The Solar System
Front: Number of planets
Back: 8
(2)
Path: The Solar System > Planets > Mars
Front: Color
Back: Red
Other tools to generate Anki cards from Markdown exist, but none worked well with nested lists. I also really wanted to have a "path", generated from headings/ancestral list items, to enable very succint cards, such as the `Color ?:: red`.
I hope it might be of use to someone else.