On Fri, 27 Nov 2009, Anand Buddhdev wrote:
> I don't know anything about McAfee, so I can't give specific advice, but can
> you see if you can whitelist Zyzzyva in McAfee so that it stops quarantining
> it?

I've looked in vain for such an option; if anyone finds it please post
here!

> Then you don't have to re-install it.

You don't have to do a full re-install in any case; instructions for
restoring the exe file can be found here:

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/zyzzyva-users/message/993

(the Yahoo groups message search facility isn't working just now, which is
kind of annoying...)

I do - I have McAfee running, and according to my detection log,
there's a listing for an Artemis trojan, AE1D87EAA096.

I've just been reinstalling Zyzzyva, but do I have anything to worry about?

Scott

On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 9:41 AM, Anand Buddhdev <anand@...> wrote:
> Hi Scott,
>
> Do you have anti-virus software running on this computer? It might be
> falsely detecting Zyzzyva as a virus, and putting it into quarantine. There
> have been previous reports of anti-virus software mistaking Zyzzyva as a
> virus.
>
> 2009/11/27 Scott Kitchen <d.scott.kitchen@...>
>>
>> More than once I've had to reinstall Zyzzyva after Zyzzyva deleted
>> itself.  I've gotten an error which says that "the shortcut I'm using
>> for the program to which it refers has been moved. Do you want to
>> remove the shortcut?"  Obviously, no, but then I go looking for
>> zyzzyva.exe, and it no longer exists.
>>
>> Any ideas as to what's up with that?
>>
>> Scott
>



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steadily in rust as in roses. - Esther Warner Dendel

More than once I've had to reinstall Zyzzyva after Zyzzyva deleted
itself.  I've gotten an error which says that "the shortcut I'm using
for the program to which it refers has been moved. Do you want to
remove the shortcut?"  Obviously, no, but then I go looking for
zyzzyva.exe, and it no longer exists.

Any ideas as to what's up with that?

Scott

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www.wheresgeorge.com
Follow: http://twitter.com/greatscott
Friend: http://friendfeed.com/greatscott
--------------------------------------------------------
It takes a certain maturity of mind to accept that nature works as
steadily in rust as in roses. - Esther Warner Dendel

On Tue, 2009-11-24 at 22:31 +1100, dav elda wrote:
>
>
> was wondering how to make a list of words that dont take S, and i
> figured that out, but I also want to exclude all the words that end in
> ED, s, Z, X, etc. how can this be done?
>
Make a list (or several lists) of words you want to exclude (Pattern
*ED, Pattern *S etc), and save it/them.

Then take your original list, add the "In Word List" criterion, select
the "Not" option, hit "Edit List..." and open the files you just made
and saved into that dialog. That should do the trick.

Nick D.

So I did a little more searching and found the link on this list titled
"How to set up a cardbox" This visual aid got me quite a bit further. I am now
able to use the cardbox function.
My follow up question still stands.
Tom

Per my previous inquiry I might as well ask a couple more on the same Cardbox
quiz window.

In the lower half of the screen it says"
"Get data for question" then there is a field for entering type. Then there is a
button on the same line "get info"  How might this be used?

Rote memorization is my thing, logic is not. Any help appreciated, I will get
this soon...really
Tom

I am having trouble understanding how to quiz from the cardbox function.
   I have figured out how to create a rudimentary list. After creation I right
click on the list to "add to cardbox"
  Now I want to quiz from the list I just added to the cardbox. When I open the
cardbox window it shows cardbox 0 has 732 words. In the right hand window it
shows:

Questions due in days from today:
days    count
3       712
2       10

I want to quiz from the list now, or do I have to wait for 3 days? I see no way
to open the quiz from the cardbox screen.
Tom

On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 7:52 PM, Jim Caughran <caughranjim@...> wrote:
> No, Qt was not installed. Installing the libraries, however, including the
> qt3 pack for qt4, did not change the result. It's still asking for the
> assistant client as above.

If you're using the installer, you shouldn't have to also install Qt
separately - the installer should include the Qt libraries needed by
Zyzzyva. It sounds like maybe the installer didn't install
libQtAssistantClient for some reason. I'll check into whether the
installer correctly installs that file on my machine, and if not, I'll
fix the problem. In the meantime, I'll send you the library as an
attachment in a separate email. Try putting it in the Zyzzyva bin
directory and see if that fixes your problem.

> Michael? By the way, if you want 64-bit testing, I'll be glad to.

Thanks! I'd appreciate that, since I don't have access to a 64-bit
machine of my own.

--
Michael W Thelen
To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized
man. -- Oliver Wendell Holmes

Op with the monster font problem. Thankfully the always risky talk of modify the
registry was a success thanks to advice from Kevin and Michael. I never would
have figured it out. Now, briefly I have only had a short while with Zyzzyva but
first impressions are good.
  I will post a more in depth review here in the near future as I can see the
value in such a approach to word study. thanks again

PS I did what MIchael advised and just deleted one setting. The "main" setting.
I was tempted to try more but it seemed to do just fine.

--- In zyzzyva-users@yahoogroups.com, Michael Thelen <mthelen@...> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 4:34 PM, scrbblkng1 <scrbblkng@...> wrote:
> >  I read the advice in the digest about accessing the registry to change the
font. I am desperate enough to try this, but alas my computer knowledge ends
there. How and where do I find a dos prompt to edit the registry? Where is the
registry editor?
>
> Unfortunately, this might be the best solution. I'm sorry I don't have
> a better one. Make sure you close Zyzzyva before doing this, otherwise
> the changes will have no effect.
>
> From the Start menu, there should be a menu item called "Run...".
> Choose this and type "regedit", and the Registry Editor program will
> begin. Navigate the registry entries as Kevin described, except I
> might suggest deleting the "font" registry settings instead of
> changing them. You can do this by right-clicking one of the font
> registry settings and choosing Delete from the menu. If you do this,
> Zyzzyva will use the default system font when you start it up again.
> Good luck, and please post again if you encounter any problems.
>
> The Zyzzyva preferences window badly needs a Reset To Defaults button,
> which will definitely be in the next release. In fact, it's #1 on my
> Zyzzyva priority list, exactly because of situations like this. I'm
> sorry for the inconvenience!
>
> --
> Michael W Thelen
> To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized
> man. -- Oliver Wendell Holmes
>

On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 4:34 PM, scrbblkng1 <scrbblkng@...> wrote:
>  I read the advice in the digest about accessing the registry to change the
font. I am desperate enough to try this, but alas my computer knowledge ends
there. How and where do I find a dos prompt to edit the registry? Where is the
registry editor?

Unfortunately, this might be the best solution. I'm sorry I don't have
a better one. Make sure you close Zyzzyva before doing this, otherwise
the changes will have no effect.

From the Start menu, there should be a menu item called "Run...".
Choose this and type "regedit", and the Registry Editor program will
begin. Navigate the registry entries as Kevin described, except I
might suggest deleting the "font" registry settings instead of
changing them. You can do this by right-clicking one of the font
registry settings and choosing Delete from the menu. If you do this,
Zyzzyva will use the default system font when you start it up again.
Good luck, and please post again if you encounter any problems.

The Zyzzyva preferences window badly needs a Reset To Defaults button,
which will definitely be in the next release. In fact, it's #1 on my
Zyzzyva priority list, exactly because of situations like this. I'm
sorry for the inconvenience!

--
Michael W Thelen
To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized
man. -- Oliver Wendell Holmes

I am the original poster who enlarged the font size to 72 and now it is way to
big. To clarify, I AM able to access the font settings in Zyzzyva, and though I
am able to change the value, ie 72 to say 16, it has no effect, the font will
not change. The numerical values to the left change too but not the actual font
  I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling Zyzzyva (with a reboot)and the new
installation still has the monster font.
   I read the advice in the digest about accessing the registry to change the
font. I am desperate enough to try this, but alas my computer knowledge ends
there. How and where do I find a dos prompt to edit the registry? Where is the
registry editor?

   If I am not successful with that then I plan on wiping the hard drive clean
and starting over, though I would rather not take that step.
  I am a serious listmaker and would like to explore what Zyzzyva has to offer,
is there anyone who can help?
Thanks, Tom

PS Assuming I can get to a start over point, what is a good font setting for my
23 inch monitor?. I also use Windows xp



--- In zyzzyva-users@yahoogroups.com, "kjturner71" <kevin.j.turner@...> wrote:
>
> If you are using Windows you can also see/edit the font settings in the
Windows registry but only if you are familiar with doing that sort of thing.
>
> Using the registry editor, REGEDIT.exe, navigate to:
>
>   HKEY_Current_User\Software\Piet Depsi\Zyzzya\Zyzzyva\
>
> You should see entries for 'font', 'font_definitions', 'font-quiz-label',
'font-word-input', and 'font-word-lists'. If you double click on any of those
you can edit the value. Example you might see something like :
>
> MS Shell Dlg 2,12,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0
>
> In this case the 12 is the font-size. Change it to whatever is suitable. I
find that 12 or 14 is a good size.
>
> Kevin
>
> --- In zyzzyva-users@yahoogroups.com, Jrossiter1974@ wrote:
> >
> > Assuming you can see them, click EDIT, Preferences, FONTS.
> >
> > Then TAB , TAB, ENTER, TAB, TAB, UP 13 or 15 times (for 8 or 10 point
> > respectively),
> > TAB 5 times then ENTER.
> >
> > This should sort out the main font so you can go back in and change the
> > rest.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > JR.
> >
>

If you are using Windows you can also see/edit the font settings in the Windows
registry but only if you are familiar with doing that sort of thing.

Using the registry editor, REGEDIT.exe, navigate to:

   HKEY_Current_User\Software\Piet Depsi\Zyzzya\Zyzzyva\

You should see entries for 'font', 'font_definitions', 'font-quiz-label',
'font-word-input', and 'font-word-lists'. If you double click on any of those
you can edit the value. Example you might see something like :

MS Shell Dlg 2,12,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0

In this case the 12 is the font-size. Change it to whatever is suitable. I find
that 12 or 14 is a good size.

Kevin

--- In zyzzyva-users@yahoogroups.com, Jrossiter1974@... wrote:
>
> Assuming you can see them, click EDIT, Preferences, FONTS.
>
> Then TAB , TAB, ENTER, TAB, TAB, UP 13 or 15 times (for 8 or 10 point
> respectively),
> TAB 5 times then ENTER.
>
> This should sort out the main font so you can go back in and change the
> rest.
>
> Cheers,
>
> JR.
>

Zyyzzyva works find on Windows 7.

:)

Kevin

--- In zyzzyva-users@yahoogroups.com, "stan3398" <sangrist@...> wrote:
>
> I recently bought a netbook with Windows 7 on it. How do I load zyzzyva onto
it as it does not appear to offer a Windows 7 OS choice?
>

I recently bought a netbook with Windows 7 on it. How do I load zyzzyva onto it
as it does not appear to offer a Windows 7 OS choice?

The default font size for this program was much to small for my eyes. I then
changed all five rows to 72. Now it is way to big. I was able to gain access to
the screen to change it back to a smaller font but now it
will not accept the change.

Like a previous poster I uninstalled the program and reinstalled it but guess
what? The new installion is the old too large font. Surely someone else has had
this problem? I am running windows xp if that matters. thanks tom

Quick checklist:

1) With Zyzzyva open, go to Edit|Preferences, and select General in the
left-hand list. Does the Lexicon panel show "CSW" in boldface? If not,
hit Edit... and select CSW as the default lexicon. While in there, make
a note of the Data Directory shown.

If you needed to change the Lexicon option, then completely close and
reopen Zyzzyva and wait while it creates the new databases. Once this is
done, close Zyzzyva once more.

You should now have a Quiz > Data > CSW folder, into which you can copy
the contents of your old Quiz > Data > CSW folder.


You also asked about adding words into a Cardbox other than 0, and I
haven't seen a response. That's pretty straightforward - right-click on
a list of words, select Add Words to Cardbox. The dialog has an option
for "Specify Cardbox" - select it and set the dial for the box you want
the words in. Note that this won't move words which are already in the
cardbox system to a different box - it's not particularly useful to do
that anyway, but it *can* be done in two steps, by choosing "Remove list
from Cardbox" first, and then readding them with a box number
specified.

Nick D.

On Mon, 2009-11-09 at 14:57 +1100, dav elda wrote:
>
>
> Hmmm , ok thanks for the tip Trev,
> unfortunately I did reinstall it, and it did create a data file (good
> start)...
> But on my old computer the cardbox was in the hierarchy as follows
> data> Quiz> data > CSW, and when I install zyzzyva and try to create a
> cardbox, this file doesn't create, so I can't copy the file over
> sadly:(

switched computers, I copied my entire zyzzyva file over.
i tried to switch the data folder or whatever as was suggested in the FAQ but
its not working. I notice i have an anagrams and hooks quiz saved which is over
1000 kb but I cant seem to load it (would this be my cardbox?). any tips for
this sort of thing?


also I'd like to know how to add a list to cardbox but to start them in a
certain cardbox (not 0 obv)

thanks alot for the help
david