To gnomek and Jord:
Thanks for the useful discussion.
In fact, I had received a suggestion to add the capability of inserting different definition elements in different Anki fields and I have started working on that. It seems that some Anki users have already set up their notes in this format and having this capability will make them able to use this add-on effectively with their used-to settings.
Jord’s comments are also correct, a word can have several meanings and not all of them have all the elements and even if they have, separating the elements in the fields for several meanings does not make sense and does not seem useful.
As a result, I came to this conclusion:
- First meaning can be important as gnomek said, and for the same reason, a separate button was defined for that in the add-on. For this First Meaning, the [optional] dividing between fields capability seems reasonable.
- For the All Meanings, I agree with Jord and though separation is possible, it does not make sense.
This setup will be used in the coming version. It will be flexible even for the First Meaning, that is one can choose to break the elements in different fields or keep all the elements together in one field.
I guess we are moving in the direction that finally, the config file will provide a good amount of customization and perhaps it makes sense to have a few “commonly used templates” or a similar concept. On the downside having many items in the config can be disturbing after the updates.
Regards,
Roozbeh