In my #python project #xiaolongdictionary I had need for generating example data. I did not want to add more dependencies for that, so I took some time to create a function, that takes a TypedDict type and a dictionary of "constraints" to constrain the produced values and output a "factory", that can be called and outputs example values.

https://codeberg.org/ZelphirKaltstahl/xiaolong-dictionary/src/commit/9437f974e8f59a77e0052d26ee6cc10641052313/test/factories.py

It does not cover all the cases that one could imagine, but seems to cover all of mine.

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The newest improvement in my language learning tool #xiaolongdictionary is, that one can now comfortably enter special characters, that one might not have as keys on standard keyboard layouts. Since I use it to learn #mandarin / #chinese and I use US keyboard layout, those special characters are the pīnyīn vowels with diacritics.

This looks as shown in [1].

Currently, the shortcut is `ctrl+i`, "i" for "insert". The special chars can be configured in the config file.

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Just created a new release of my language learning tool #xiaolongdictionary [1] packing a massive improvement of usability for non-technical users. The change list can be found in the release notes as well. Most of the improvements are about exposing functionality for creating and editing words via the UI. Actions that previously only could be done by editing text files.

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[1]: https://codeberg.org/ZelphirKaltstahl/xiaolong-dictionary/releases/tag/v0.6.0

I wrote a little program in GNU #guile for renaming files in the directory of the program[1].

The idea of that script is to remove all special characters and remove diacritics (marks above letters). It is kind of opinionated, because as it is now, it should leave diacritics of Pinyin intact. This is because I learn Mandarin and want diacritics of Pinyin to be kept. But you could very easily adapt the code to not keep those.

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[1]: https://codeberg.org/ZelphirKaltstahl/renamer-script

I released 2 new versions[1] (v0.5.0 and v0.5.1) of my #xiaolongdictionary language/vocabulary learning software today, with new features and improvements.

One new feature is, that one can now plot progress and daily training of words for any search result, as well as result of saved search.

Another is the main window status bar.

An accessibility improvement is behavior of tabbing through widgets in the main window.

[1]: https://codeberg.org/ZelphirKaltstahl/xiaolong-dictionary/releases

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