The program randomly picks up a name and a question from a name list and a question list, respectively.
It's written to assist questioning in classrooms.
Download the latest releases here: https://github.com/blackskygg/RollingLydia/releases
See the changelog here: https://github.com/blackskygg/RollingLydia/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
The program is splitted into 3 tabs, namely, the Rolling Tab, the Name List Tab and the Question List Tab.
So it's natural to explain the 3 tabs one by one.
##1. the Rolling Tab It looks like this.
Once you click the "Let's Roll" button, the program will start picking random names and questions from a preloaded list.
When you click on the "Stop" button, the name and question will stop changing, thus producing a result for you.
Once the roll is stoped, you can click on the question title, and the description of the question will popup.(See 3. the Question List Tab for more information about the poped-up window).
The speed can be adjusted according to your need, and the unit is Hz(the number of names displayed within 1s).
And you can also choose to roll the name only(Settings->Mode->Name Only), which is useful when asking a question that's not in the question list.
##2. the Name List Tab It looks like this.
There are two lists, one containing the names that haven't been picked up yet, and the other containing the rest.
The function of the button should be quite clear, and you can use them to move names between the two lists.
###2.1 the Name List Format
The name list file should follow the following format and should be saved using the UTF-8 encoding, this is very important.
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The file should look like:
name1
name2
name3
name4
...
See https://github.com/blackskygg/RollingLydia/blob/master/examples/namelist.txt for an example.
##3. the Question List Tab It looks like this.
It's almost the same with the Name List Tab, except that you can double-click on the list items to see the description of a question.
###3.1 the Question Viewer
When you double-click on an item, a question viewr will pop up for you, and it looks like this.
The text size, color and so on can be adjusted using the buttons on the tool bar.
A timer and a stopwatch is provided, which will be useful if you want to do some timed training. It's worth nothing that a dialog will pop up when time's up.
###3.2 the Question List Format
The question list file should follow the following format and should be also be saved using UTF-8 encoding.
The file should look like:
BEGIN
question title 1
question description 1
...
END
...
（arbitary contents)
...
BEGIN
question title 2
question description 2
...
END
...
See https://github.com/blackskygg/RollingLydia/blob/master/examples/questionlist.txt for an example.
##4. Sessions
RollingLydia can save it's executing status when you close it(including rolling speed, name list status, question list status, question viewer configurations etc.), and you can choose whether to restore it or not when you lauch it again.