Overview

Use vim to rapidly write textfiles immediately importable into anki(1).

Requirements

• Python >= 2.7 or Python >= 3.4

Installation

Simply run:

pip install AnkiVim

You can verify that this step succeeded and see available options by running:

anki-vim -h

Generating Anki Cards

1. Call:

anki-vim DECKNAME

2. vim starts with a preformatted card. Start typing the front part of the anki card below “QUESTION”, then fill out the back below “ANSWER”. (NOTE: It is important to leave the QUESTION and ANSWER headers intact throughout)

3. save the file and exit the editor. (vim: “:wq”) => the card contents are saved to: $HOME/.ankivim/decks/DECKNAME/raw_cards.txt. (alternatively, you can specify a custom location for your decks using the –deckpath option of script/anki-vim.py.)

4. editor starts right back up to generate a new card for the same deck => Iterate 2.-4. until all cards are generated.

5. to stop the card creation process, simply close your editor ( for vim: “:q” or “:q!”, for additional information see this book)

Importing into Anki

Procedure to import anki cards generated by this tool into anki:

1. Open Anki

2. Generate the deck to import into or click on an existing deck

3. Click import and navigate to “/path/to/anki-vim/decks/DECKNAME/raw_cards.txt”

4. check “allow html in fields”

5. Done

Supports:

• Latex commands of any kind

• html tags of any kind (images can be included this way as well)