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StarDict Terminal UI
====================
`sdtui' aims to provide an easy way of viewing translation as well as other
'sdtui' aims to provide an easy way of viewing translation as well as other
kinds of dictionaries in your terminal. I wasn't successful in finding any free
dictionary software of this kind, GUI or not, and thus decided to write my own.
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Linux and/or BSD distributions. Help is much appreciated.
An approximate list of things that need to be resolved:
- rewrite the frontend using a proper TUI framework
- load a list of installed dictionaries at startup (use the default locations
used by StarDict) and let the user choose which dictionary to open
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Building and Running
--------------------
Build dependencies: CMake, pkg-config, xsltproc, docbook-xsl
Build dependencies: CMake, pkg-config, xsltproc, docbook-xsl +
Runtime dependencies: ncursesw, zlib, ICU, termo (included),
glib-2.0, pango, gtk+ (optional, any version)
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$ make
To install the application, you can do either the usual:
# make install
Or you can try telling CMake to make a package for you. For Debian it is:
$ cpack -G DEB
# dpkg -i sdtui-*.deb
Note that for versions of CMake before 2.8.9, you need to prefix cpack with
`fakeroot' or file ownership will end up wrong.
Note that for versions of CMake before 2.8.9, you need to prefix `cpack` with
`fakeroot` or file ownership will end up wrong.
Having the program installed, simply run it with a StarDict .ifo file as an
Having the program installed, simply run it with a StarDict '.ifo' file as an
argument. If you want the application to watch the X11 primary selection for
changes and automatically search for the selected text, use the -w switch.
changes and automatically search for the selected text, use the `-w` switch.
This feature requires GTK+.
Extensions
----------
As the original StarDict is a bit of a clusterfuck with regard to collation of
dictionary entries, I had to introduce an additional "collation" field into the
.ifo file. When sdtui discovers this field while reading the dictionary, it
dictionary entries, I had to introduce an additional `collation` field into the
'.ifo' file. When sdtui discovers this field while reading the dictionary, it
automatically reorders the index according to that locale (e.g. "cs_CZ").
This operation may take a little while.
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Unfortunately this application only really works with specific dictionaries.
Word definitions have to be in plain text, separated by newlines.
CZ <-> { EN, DE, PL, RU } dictionaries:
https://mega.co.nz/#!axtD0QRK!sbtBgizksyfkPqKvKEgr8GQ11rsWhtqyRgUUV0B7pwg
https://mega.co.nz/#!axtD0QRK!sbtBgizksyfkPqKvKEgr8GQ11rsWhtqyRgUUV0B7pwg[
CZ <--> { EN, DE, PL, RU } dictionaries]
Contributing and Support
------------------------
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License
-------
`sdtui' is written by Přemysl Janouch <p.janouch@gmail.com>.
'sdtui' is written by Přemysl Janouch <p.janouch@gmail.com>.
You may use the software under the terms of the ISC license, the text of which
is included within the package, or, at your option, you may relicense the work