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Convert DSL To Dict

This document provides instructions for converting .dsl dictionary files to the StarDict format using the makedict tool. The summary is: 1. Download and build the makedict source code. 2. Run makedict, specifying the input .dsl file, output format as StarDict, and optional parameters like the StarDict version. 3. The converted dictionary files will be generated in a new subdirectory, ready for use in StarDict.

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Convert DSL To Dict

This document provides instructions for converting .dsl dictionary files to the StarDict format using the makedict tool. The summary is: 1. Download and build the makedict source code. 2. Run makedict, specifying the input .dsl file, output format as StarDict, and optional parameters like the StarDict version. 3. The converted dictionary files will be generated in a new subdirectory, ready for use in StarDict.

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Convert.dsldictionariesforuseinStarDict
Thisarticledescribeshowtoconvertan.dsldictionarytoStarDictformat. An.dsldictionaryconsistsofthefollowingfiles. MaindictionarycontentDictionary.dslandDictionary.ann. Abbreviationfiles,thefirstfoundpairisused.Optional. abbrev.dslandabbrev.ann Dictionary_abrv.dslandDictionary_abrv.ann Dictionary_abbrev.dslandDictionary_abbrev.dsl DictionaryiconDictionary.bmp.Optional. HereD i c t i o n a r y isadictionaryname.Allfilesmustbeinthesamedirectory. .dslisasourcedictionary,youmayviewanyfilecomprisinga.dsldictionary(excepticon)inatexteditor.Thisarticleexplainshowtoconverta .dsldictionary. LetusassumeyouhaveadictionaryD i c t i o n a r y . d s l andotherfilesyouwanttoconvert. Wewillusemakedict,apartofXDXFproject,toperformconversion. 1.Getmakedictsourcecode Getthelatestsourceofmakedictwiththecommand
s v nc oh t t p s : / / x d x f . s v n . s o u r c e f o r g e . n e t / s v n r o o t / x d x f / t r u n km a k e d i c t

You'llgetmakedictsubdirectorywithmakedictsourcecode. 2.Buildmakedict Inmakedictdirectory:


$m k d i rb u i l d $c db u i l d $c m a k e. . . . . $m a k e . . . $s u d om a k ei n s t a l l

Nowyoushouldhavemakedictinyourpath. 3.Testthatmakedictisavailableinyourpath
$m a k e d i c tv e r s i o n U t i l i t yf o rc r e a t i n gd i c t i o n a r i e s ,0 . 3 . 1 b e t a 1

4.Convert.dsldictionary
$m a k e d i c tid s los t a r d i c tg e n e r a t o r o p t i o n' s t a r d i c t _ v e r = 3 . 0 . 0 'w o r k d i r/ o u t p u t / p a t h/ p a t h / t o / d s l / f i l e . d s l

Here idslinputformatdsl ostardictoutputformatstardict workdirworkingdirectory,adirectorywerenewStarDictdictionarywillbecreated.Ifomitted,thecurrentdirectoryisused.

generatoroption'stardict_ver=3.0.0'passstardict_verparametertogenerator.Whenpassed,theresultdictionarywilladheretoStarDict 3.0.0fileformat.Bydefaulttheformatis2.4.2. 5.Resultfiles AfterconversionyoushouldfindstardictDictionary3.0.0directoryinyourworkingdirectory,itcontainsthenewdictionary.It'sreadytobeused inStarDict.

Languages
Occasionallyyoumaynoticethatmakedictfailswithawarninglikethat:
U n k n o w nt a r g e tl a n g u a g eU n k n o w n L a n g u a g e .I g n o r i n g . F o rt h el i s to fs u p p o r t e dl a n g u a g e su s el i s t s u p p o r t e d l a n g u a g e sm a k e d i c to p t i o n ,y o un e e dE n g l i s hl a n g u a g en a m ec o l u m n . C O N T E N T S _ L A N G U A G En o td e f i n e d . T os p e c i f yC O N T E N T S _ L A N G U A G Eo nc o m m a n dl i n e ,u s el a n g _ t oo p t i o n . F o re x a m p l e ,p a r s e r o p t i o nl a n g _ t o = E N G . F o rt h el i s to fs u p p o r t e dl a n g u a g e su s el i s t s u p p o r t e d l a n g u a g e sm a k e d i c to p t i o n ,y o un e e da l p h a 3c o d ec o l u m n .

makedicthavetoknowsourceandtargetlanguageofthedictionaryitconverts.Normallyadsldictionaryspecifiessourceandtargetlanguage atthebeginningofthefile:
# I N D E X _ L A N G U A G E" S o u r c e L a n g u a g e " # C O N T E N T S _ L A N G U A G E " T a r g e t L a n g u a g e "

Occasionallythisinformationismissedornonstandardidentifiesareused.Inthiscaseyouhavetospecifythelanguagemanually.Therearea numberofoptions. 1.Overridethesource(ortarget)languagewithcommandlineoption.Forexample:


$m a k e d i c tid s los t a r d i c tp a r s e r o p t i o nl a n g _ f r o m = L N G/ p a t h / t o / d s l / f i l e . d s l

HereLNGisthealpha3(bibliographic)codeofthelanguageaccordingtoISO6392Standard.Allstandardlanguagecodesarebuild intomakedict.Youmaylisttheminvokingmakedictwithlistsupportedlanguagesoption. lang_fromnameofthesourcelanguage,lang_tonameofthetargetlanguage. 2.Createalanguagefiledescribingyourspecificlanguages. Thisapproachcomesinhandywhenyouhaveanumberofdictionariesusingnonstandardlanguagenames.Invokemakedictlikethis:


$m a k e d i c tid s los t a r d i c tl a n g u a g e f i l el a n g u a g e f i l e . t x t/ p a t h / t o / d s l / f i l e . d s l

Languageslistedinyourlanguagefile.txtwillbeaddedtothelistofstandardlanguagesmakedictalreadyawareof. Formatofthelanguagefile.txtisasfollows:
s p a | e s | S p a n i s h C u s t o m N a m e e n g | e n | E n g l i s h C u s t o m N a m e a p a | | A p a c h el a n g u a g e s

fileencodingutf8 Eachlinedescribesonelanguage(notmore). Emptylineareignored. Alanguagemaybedescribedinanumberoflinesthusintroducingalternativelanguagenames. Alllinesdescribingonelanguageshouldhaveidenticalfirstandsecondfields,onlythethethirdfield(Englishlanguagename)maydiffer. Eachlinecontainsthefollowingfields: alpha3(bibliographic)code,alpha2code,Englishlanguagename alpha2codemaybeblank. Fieldsareseparatedwith'|'. HereSpanishCustomNameandEnglishCustomNamearecustomnamesofSpanishandEnglishlanguagesastheyappearin.dslfiles.

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DictionariesforABBYYLingvo12andearlierversionsoftheprogramusedcustomcharscodefortranscriptioncharacters.Youcaneasily checkthatyourself,opena.dslfileinatexteditor,moveto[ t ]-[ / t ] tags.Whatyouseehardlyremindsatranscription.makedicttakescare ofthat,itconverttranscriptioncharscodestonormalUnicodecharacters. Sincex3version,LingvostartstousenormalUnicodecharactersintranscription,theconversionisnolongerneeded.Unfortunately,makedict cannotdetectautomaticallyiftheconversioninrequiredorno.Theconversionisturnonbydefault,todisableit,passparseroption

no_ipa_translation=yesoptions.Infact,youmayuseanynonblankstringinsteadof"yes",makedictonlychecksiftheoptionisassignedtoa nonblankvalueornot.

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