vocab-notify

Passively build your vocabulary using Ubuntu's notifications

Install instructions

1. Download the files gre_wordlist and vocab-notify.py
2. Change the file path of gre_wordlist in vocab-notify to the path you downloaded gre_wordlist to
3. Create an entry for the script to run in the crontab using crontab -e at the terminal
4. You might have to configure your editor if you are using the crontab editor the first time. The system will prompt you to chose an editor. Pick your favourite one.
5. Go on to add the script to the cron depending on your need. The following will notify you with a word every minute.
   * * * * * DISPLAY=:0 python /path/to/vocab_notify.py #vocab-notify
   You can add the following to give you a notification every 5 minutes.
   */5 * * * * DISPLAY=:0 python /path/to/vocab_notify.py #vocab-notify

Cron how-to

You can learn all about crontabs here

You can cheat a little bit by using the crontab generator here

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