tag:mentalfaculty.tenderapp.com,2010-10-19:/discussions/suggestions/10332-studies-os-x-reformats-smart-stack-rulesThe Mental Faculty: Discussion 2017-03-23T12:20:22Ztag:mentalfaculty.tenderapp.com,2010-10-19:Comment/397758692016-05-03T11:52:15Z2016-05-03T11:52:15ZStudies os X reformats smart stack rules<div><p>Hmm, that is weird. Was it ALL of them, or just some? Did the
rules get completely removed, or just one part changed (eg stack
name or something)?</p>
<p>Drew</p></div>drewmccormacktag:mentalfaculty.tenderapp.com,2010-10-19:Comment/397758692016-05-03T13:32:36Z2016-05-03T13:32:38ZStudies os X reformats smart stack rules<div><p>They're all changed and all in the same way. The original
settings are in the first pic I uploaded. All the smart stacks'
settings have been changed according to the second pic.</p></div>Peter Narkistag:mentalfaculty.tenderapp.com,2010-10-19:Comment/397758692016-05-04T09:37:42Z2016-05-04T09:37:42ZStudies os X reformats smart stack rules<div><p>They all changed to the 'default' rule. This rule is used when
for some reason the original stack rules can't be loaded due to
data corruption. Rather than crashing, it resets the rule.</p>
<p>Hmm, difficult to know why this would have happened. If you
notice anything about how it happens, please let me know.</p>
<p>Were those stacks being synced?</p>
<p>It looks like you are just using smart stacks to collect
together multiple stacks. A better approach may be to use a Group.
But an even better way may be for us to add a new type of stack,
which is like aliases to notes. The original notes stay in their
stacks, but you can make a new 'list' of any notes from any
stacks.</p>
<p>Drew</p></div>drewmccormacktag:mentalfaculty.tenderapp.com,2010-10-19:Comment/397758692016-05-04T11:18:03Z2016-05-04T11:18:05ZStudies os X reformats smart stack rules<div><p>Were those stacks being synced?<br>
=> nops</p>
<p>It looks like you are just using smart stacks to collect
together multiple stacks. A better approach may be to use a
Group.<br>
=> I do, when I want to list certain individual stacks together
under the same "header".</p>
<p>But an even better way may be for us to add a new type of stack,
which is like aliases to notes. The original notes stay in their
stacks, but you can make a new 'list' of any notes from any
stacks.<br>
=> well, isn't this the rationale behind the smart stacks
anyway? That's at least how I use them : combining the new
vocabulary session with the previous one for a shuffled studying
session. If this could be extended to individual notes, extending
the "alias" rationale to that level, why not?</p></div>peter narkistag:mentalfaculty.tenderapp.com,2010-10-19:Comment/397758692016-05-04T12:53:44Z2016-05-04T12:53:44ZStudies os X reformats smart stack rules<div><p>Smart stacks are like saved searches. They update
automatically.</p>
<p>What I had in mind was like a stack, where you drag in notes and
reorder them. The only difference is that they don't own the notes.
They all come from other stacks.</p>
<p>Kind regards,<br>
Drew</p></div>drewmccormacktag:mentalfaculty.tenderapp.com,2010-10-19:Comment/397758692016-07-25T11:27:13Z2016-07-25T11:27:16ZStudies os X reformats smart stack rules<div><p>unable to post follow-up.<br>
I'm getting</p>
<p>Your comment was posted successfully. You may have to wait a few
moments while your comment is being moderated.</p>
<p>but nothing happens...</p></div>Peter Narkistag:mentalfaculty.tenderapp.com,2010-10-19:Comment/397758692016-07-25T23:59:09Z2016-07-25T23:59:09ZStudies os X reformats smart stack rules<div><p>Must be an issue on the tender.com servers. Will probably work
after waiting a bit.</p>
<p>Kind regards,<br>
Drew</p></div>drewmccormacktag:mentalfaculty.tenderapp.com,2010-10-19:Comment/397758692016-07-26T11:55:55Z2016-07-26T11:55:58ZStudies os X reformats smart stack rules<div><p>impossible to post a reply, even hosting screenshots elsewhere
...</p></div>istudiestag:mentalfaculty.tenderapp.com,2010-10-19:Comment/397758692016-07-26T23:54:13Z2016-07-26T23:54:13ZStudies os X reformats smart stack rules<div><p>And it doesn’t work if you go to their web site and enter
a reply there? (There is a link in your emails at the bottom)</p>
<p>Drew</p></div>drewmccormacktag:mentalfaculty.tenderapp.com,2010-10-19:Comment/397758692016-07-27T06:23:15Z2016-07-27T06:23:16ZStudies os X reformats smart stack rules<div><p>well, I'm just uploading the images there, it's an image hosting
site, that's what it does.<br>
The server here apparently neither lets me upload the images nor
post the reply. That's why I had to create a new user name and make
a new post...</p></div>istudiestag:mentalfaculty.tenderapp.com,2010-10-19:Comment/397758692016-07-27T14:10:13Z2016-07-27T14:10:16ZStudies os X reformats smart stack rules<div><p>ok, I'm having a follow-up on this one.</p>
<p>First of all, my old smart stacks have all be transformed to
normal stacks, deleting the rules [screenshot 1 : everything above
the LEVEL 2 up to stack 144].</p>
<p>Secondly, all my new smart stacks, after having reformatted them
manually, still have the smart stack icon in the sidebar, but the
rules are erased AGAIN and reset to default.<br>
[screenshot 2]</p>
<p>Thirdly, when I try to create a new smart stack, I don't have
the same rule options anymore, especially the one I used to have
"stack - matches - "number", which means I can't use smart stacks
anymore. [screenshot 3]</p>
<p>I very much like this app, but I have to admit this continuously
having to reformat my rules are becoming a bit of a pain…</p>
<p>=> Maybe's there's a way to export separately the rules of
the smart stacks, so I can reapply them when something goes wrong.
I have the impression that it occurs when there's an update for the
program, but I'm not sure...</p></div>istudiestag:mentalfaculty.tenderapp.com,2010-10-19:Comment/397758692016-07-28T00:01:22Z2016-07-28T00:01:22ZStudies os X reformats smart stack rules<div><p>OK, I have tracked down this issue now.</p>
<p>What happened was that we originally mistakenly kept the rules
for stack name, but they didn’t work. That is what you
originally saw.</p>
<p>In the last update, we realized those rules were not working,
and removed that stack title rule option. That is why you
can’t create new stacks with that rule.</p>
<p>We will look at reintroducing that rule again. The reason it had
to be removed was for differences in how Mental Case and Studies
handle notes in stacks. It should be possible to reintroduce
it.</p>
<p>Sorry for the inconvenience. This should only affect stacks
where you have a ‘stack title’ rule. If you don’t
use that type of rule, the smart stacks should work fine.</p>
<p>Kind regards,<br>
Drew</p></div>drewmccormacktag:mentalfaculty.tenderapp.com,2010-10-19:Comment/397758692016-07-28T06:03:31Z2016-07-28T06:03:32ZStudies os X reformats smart stack rules<div><p>Sorry for the inconvenience. This should only affect stacks
where you have a ‘stack title’ rule. If you don’t
use that type of rule, the smart stacks should work fine.</p>
<p>=> As it happens, that's the only "smart rule" i'm using, and
on a daily basis... So I would greatly appreciate this being
reintroducing in a not too far in the future bug update...
Thanks.</p></div>istudiestag:mentalfaculty.tenderapp.com,2010-10-19:Comment/397758692016-07-28T07:00:42Z2016-07-28T07:00:42ZStudies os X reformats smart stack rules<div><p>Yes, we will try to add this back as soon as we can.</p>
<p>Your usage is quite unusual. I haven't seen stacks named like
that before, or the type of smart stack rules you are using (most
will use groups instead).</p>
<p>Also didn't have anyone else report the issue, so I think even
though it is important to your usage, it is not a very common
usage.</p>
<p>Anyway, we will add back the option in a bug release.</p>
<p>Kind regards,<br>
Drew</p></div>drewmccormacktag:mentalfaculty.tenderapp.com,2010-10-19:Comment/397758692016-07-28T08:16:11Z2016-07-28T08:20:44ZStudies os X reformats smart stack rules<div><p>Hi Drew,</p>
<p>thanks for putting that back in.<br>
I don't know whether my usage is uncommon. I mean, I use both : I
use groups and subgroups in order to group together big entities,
stacks for individual lessons (that are the numbered files) and
smart groups when I want to study the flashcard of one, two, three
or more manually selected lessons.<br>
How could I do this otherwise?</p></div>istudiestag:mentalfaculty.tenderapp.com,2010-10-19:Comment/397758692016-07-28T09:56:05Z2016-07-28T09:56:05ZStudies os X reformats smart stack rules<div><p>I think you are controlling the slideshows much more than most
people. Usually you would just set a study schedule for each stack
and study what becomes due.</p>
<p>But it doesn't matter. We should be able to get this back in
reasonably soon.</p>
<p>Kind regards,<br>
Drew</p></div>drewmccormacktag:mentalfaculty.tenderapp.com,2010-10-19:Comment/397758692016-08-18T11:14:02Z2016-08-18T11:14:03ZStudies os X reformats smart stack rules<div><p>Hi,<br>
although it had been stated this issue would be resolved in the
next bug release, having downloaded the latest version, I see it
still remains as it was. There is no more option "stack
matches".<br>
This is very annoying...</p></div>istudiestag:mentalfaculty.tenderapp.com,2010-10-19:Comment/397758692016-08-19T00:09:00Z2016-08-19T00:09:00ZStudies os X reformats smart stack rules<div><p>We will be getting to this. The last bug fix was an emergency
fix for sync, with no other changes.</p></div>drewmccormack