I just about have my flashcards set up to implement a two-tiered system where I see cards every day until I've gotten them right 4 times, after which they automatically "graduate" to repetition spacing. But there are a couple holes. Here's what I've done:
Profile "shengci":
[Regular settings]
Number of cards: All
Test type: Self-scored
Time filter: created within 10 days (hole #1)
Score filter: 100 to 103
[Advanced settings]
Card selection: Random
Limit unlearned cards to: 20 (part 1 of hole #2)
Learned if: correct total 2 (this is lower than the same setting below)
Scoring type: Manual
Raise by 1 point after 1 correct in a row
(Lowering is disabled)
Only change score once per day
Profile "ci":
[Regular settings]
Test type: Self-scored
Categories: Same as the shengci profile
All card filters are disabled
[Advanced settings]
Card selection: Repetition-spaced
Limit unlearned cards to: 5 (hole #2)
Learned if: correct total 4 (this corresponds to the 100-103 score range above)
Scoring type: Automatic
Hole #1 is the "created within 10 days" filter in shengci. This is to prevent older cards that reset back to a score of 100 when I get them wrong from jumping into the shengci list; I want those to follow the normal repetition spacing rules which seem to work well for me after the initial learning period. There is a "total number of times reviewed" filter but not one for "total number of correct answers" which is what I actually want -- this could filter out cards that I get wrong a lot in the first week and a half, though in practice I can always get them right at least 4 times out of 10. Basically I want the reverse of the "limit unlearned" feature here.
Hole #2 is the "limit unlearned cards to 20" setting on the shengci list. The problem is that a small number of cards that don't get shown to me in the shengci session (which I always do first) will show up in the regular session, and if I get them right their scores will get adjusted outside the range of the shengci filters. I can limit the damage to 5 cards at a time with the limit-unlearned setting on the ci profile, but it would be better if I could turn it all the way down to 0 such that the ci profile can only ever show me learned cards. On days when I don't have more than 20 brand-new shengci, this is actually not an issue since the repetition spacing setting on the ci profile will prevent just-reviewed shengci from showing up again (since the last-reviewed date will be set to today). The only way I can see to get around this is to get rid of the limit-unlearned setting on the shengci profile and make sure I don't enter too many new ones on any given day to keep the rate down.
Can I get the result I want in some different way?
Profile "shengci":
[Regular settings]
Number of cards: All
Test type: Self-scored
Time filter: created within 10 days (hole #1)
Score filter: 100 to 103
[Advanced settings]
Card selection: Random
Limit unlearned cards to: 20 (part 1 of hole #2)
Learned if: correct total 2 (this is lower than the same setting below)
Scoring type: Manual
Raise by 1 point after 1 correct in a row
(Lowering is disabled)
Only change score once per day
Profile "ci":
[Regular settings]
Test type: Self-scored
Categories: Same as the shengci profile
All card filters are disabled
[Advanced settings]
Card selection: Repetition-spaced
Limit unlearned cards to: 5 (hole #2)
Learned if: correct total 4 (this corresponds to the 100-103 score range above)
Scoring type: Automatic
Hole #1 is the "created within 10 days" filter in shengci. This is to prevent older cards that reset back to a score of 100 when I get them wrong from jumping into the shengci list; I want those to follow the normal repetition spacing rules which seem to work well for me after the initial learning period. There is a "total number of times reviewed" filter but not one for "total number of correct answers" which is what I actually want -- this could filter out cards that I get wrong a lot in the first week and a half, though in practice I can always get them right at least 4 times out of 10. Basically I want the reverse of the "limit unlearned" feature here.
Hole #2 is the "limit unlearned cards to 20" setting on the shengci list. The problem is that a small number of cards that don't get shown to me in the shengci session (which I always do first) will show up in the regular session, and if I get them right their scores will get adjusted outside the range of the shengci filters. I can limit the damage to 5 cards at a time with the limit-unlearned setting on the ci profile, but it would be better if I could turn it all the way down to 0 such that the ci profile can only ever show me learned cards. On days when I don't have more than 20 brand-new shengci, this is actually not an issue since the repetition spacing setting on the ci profile will prevent just-reviewed shengci from showing up again (since the last-reviewed date will be set to today). The only way I can see to get around this is to get rid of the limit-unlearned setting on the shengci profile and make sure I don't enter too many new ones on any given day to keep the rate down.
Can I get the result I want in some different way?