RepeatNow

RepeatNow is a native C + SDL2 vocabulary trainer for TrimUI Brick (tg5040).

It imports standard Anki .apkg decks directly on device, focuses on vocabulary review flows, and ships as a NextUI-only RepeatNow.pakz.

Features

• Direct .apkg import from shared imports/ or pak-bundled data/imports/
• Supports Basic and Basic (and reversed) style Anki note types
• Anki-like default scheduling with Again / Good / Easy
• Per-deck review flow with local SQLite persistence
• Audio extraction and playback for supported Anki media references
• Simplified Chinese UI tuned for TrimUI Brick controls

Requirements

Host builds and tests expect:

• cc
• sqlite3 development libraries
• python3

Packaging for tg5040 also expects:

• zip
• a working aarch64-none-linux-gnu-gcc or aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc
• the TrimUI SDK userland fetched by make tg5040-bootstrap

Repository Layout

assets/       Icons and fonts bundled into the pak
packaging/    NextUI launcher and pak metadata templates
scripts/      Bootstrap and helper scripts
src/          Application sources
tests/        Host tests and APKG fixtures
vendor/       Third-party C sources

Build

Build the host binary:

make host

Run the host-side test suite:

make test

Bootstrap the TrimUI SDK userland:

make tg5040-bootstrap

Build the TrimUI binary:

make tg5040

Build the NextUI release package:

make nextui-release

Generated outputs:

• build/host/bin/repeatnow
• build/host/bin/repeatnow_tests
• dist/RepeatNow.pakz

CLI Usage

The host binary accepts a few useful commands for local verification:

./build/host/bin/repeatnow [--data DIR] [--app-dir DIR] [--font FILE] [command]

Available commands:

• ui
• scan
• import <file.apkg>
• stats

Examples:

./build/host/bin/repeatnow --data ./tmp-data scan
./build/host/bin/repeatnow --data ./tmp-data import ./tests/fixtures/basic.apkg
./build/host/bin/repeatnow --data ./tmp-data stats

Install

Copy dist/RepeatNow.pakz to the SD card root and let NextUI import it automatically.

Manual layout inside the card:

Tools/tg5040/RepeatNow.pak/

Runtime Paths

• Shared data: $SHARED_USERDATA_PATH/RepeatNow
• Database: $SHARED_USERDATA_PATH/RepeatNow/library.sqlite
• Preferences: $SHARED_USERDATA_PATH/RepeatNow/preferences.json
• Imported media: $SHARED_USERDATA_PATH/RepeatNow/media/
• Archived imports: $SHARED_USERDATA_PATH/RepeatNow/imports/archived/

Controls

• D-pad: move selection
• A: confirm, flip, Good
• B: back
• X: Again or open imports from home
• Y: Easy or open settings from home
• L1: replay audio, otherwise page up
• R1: page down

Tests

Fixtures and host verification live under tests/. The test runner writes temporary files to tests/tmp/, which is intentionally ignored by git.