From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Thu Aug 02 16:51:04 2007 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-beginners); Thu, 02 Aug 2007 16:51:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1IGkRb-00052v-Hf for lojban-beginners-real@lojban.org; Thu, 02 Aug 2007 16:51:03 -0700 Received: from netscaler1.rice.edu ([128.42.205.5] helo=mh3.mail.rice.edu) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1IGkRU-00052c-Uh for lojban-beginners@lojban.org; Thu, 02 Aug 2007 16:51:03 -0700 Received: from mh3.mail.rice.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mh3.mail.rice.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D7D52880D7 for ; Thu, 2 Aug 2007 18:50:50 -0500 (CDT) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavis-2.4.4 at mh3.mail.rice.edu Received: from mh3.mail.rice.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by mh3.mail.rice.edu (mh3.mail.rice.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id UAZXCf6eRch7 for ; Thu, 2 Aug 2007 18:50:49 -0500 (CDT) Received: from Starlight (c-24-18-203-65.hsd1.mn.comcast.net [24.18.203.65]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mh3.mail.rice.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22D082880D3 for ; Thu, 2 Aug 2007 18:50:49 -0500 (CDT) From: "Marjorie Scherf" To: References: <2f91285f0707281957s4cda109ep1666a9ea43b683a0@mail.gmail.com> <12d58c160708012100s90c76fbw40092ce69b5c6b5e@mail.gmail.com> Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: Firefox Add-on: Lojban Popup Dictionary Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 16:49:12 -0700 Message-ID: <001301c7d55f$bab98bc0$0300a8c0@Starlight> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0014_01C7D525.0E5AB3C0" In-Reply-To: <12d58c160708012100s90c76fbw40092ce69b5c6b5e@mail.gmail.com> Thread-Index: AcfUufxIoyaegDkZRTeIlhDodj2VkAApQrlw X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3138 X-Spam-Score: 0.6 X-Spam-Score-Int: 6 X-Spam-Bar: / X-archive-position: 5289 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: mls1@rice.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-beginners@lojban.org X-list: lojban-beginners This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0014_01C7D525.0E5AB3C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit _____ From: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org [mailto:lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org] On Behalf Of komfo,amonan Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 9:00 PM To: lojban-beginners@lojban.org Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: Firefox Add-on: Lojban Popup Dictionary On 7/28/07, Vid Sintef wrote: mi'e vid Would it be a hard task to make a program similar to this one: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3349 ? While I'm nearly getting through the Reference Grammar, I still keep looking up gismus & lujvos in the lists when I read things provided by the community (eg. la nicte cadzu). By now I've memorized half of the gismus, from {z****} to {n****}, except their rafsis; I still need dictionaries. Since most of my Lojban readings happen on Firefox, I find it would be fantastically useful if the browser is added an extension specialized for direct Lojban popup translation (rather than manually tabbing windows and searching for the word out from the list). Also it might be a nice introductory device for those Firefox users who have never put their toes in Lojban. I'm not a programmer, so I don't know how exactly programs of this kind are made or how dfficult production of them might be. At least they seem to be not unpopuplar (there are nearly 90 add-ons listed in the category "Language Support and Translation"). So, why not one nice Lojban popup dictionary for Firefox? mu'o I am very late to this discussion, have skimmed it, yet am not sure the following is useful. Quite some time ago I installed the DICT Extension for Firefox and pointed it to the Lojban dict server. Within Firefox I can right-click on a Lojban word, choose "Define '[word]'", and the jbovlaste definition pops up. < https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/302 > Hope this helps. mu'o mi'e komfo,amonan I tried installing the addon, but it doesn't seem to be working. It looked like it installed, and it asked me to restart firefox, which I did, but then when I right click on a word and choose define (whatever the word is) it doesn't recognize any of the lojban words I've tried so far. So far I have tried looking at the lojban wikipedia in the lojban article and in the lojban version of jboski. When I chose define a word, it either just doesn't find anything, or it gives me a list of similar English words to define. Did I do something wrong? mu'omi'e .skaryzgik. ------=_NextPart_000_0014_01C7D525.0E5AB3C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

 

 

From: = lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org [mailto:lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org] On Behalf Of komfo,amonan
Sent: Wednesday, August = 01, 2007 9:00 PM
To: lojban-beginners@lojban.org
Subject: = [lojban-beginners] Re: Firefox Add-on: Lojban Popup Dictionary

 

On 7/28/07, Vid = Sintef <picos.picos@gmail.com> = wrote:

mi'e vid

Would it be a hard task to make a program similar to this one:
 https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3349 =
?

While I'm nearly getting through the Reference Grammar, I still keep = looking up gismus & lujvos in the lists when I read things provided by the = community (eg. la nicte cadzu). By now I've memorized half of the gismus, from = {z****} to {n****}, except their rafsis; I still need dictionaries. Since most of = my Lojban readings happen on Firefox, I find it would be fantastically = useful if the browser is added an extension specialized for direct Lojban popup = translation (rather than manually tabbing windows and searching for the word out = from the list). Also it might be a nice introductory device for those Firefox = users who have never put their toes in Lojban.

I'm not a programmer, so I don't know how exactly programs of this kind = are made or how dfficult production of them might be. At least they seem to = be not unpopuplar (there are nearly 90 add-ons listed in the category = "Language Support and Translation"). So, why not one nice Lojban popup = dictionary for Firefox?

mu'o


I am very late to this discussion, have skimmed it, yet am not sure the following is useful. Quite some time ago I installed the DICT Extension = for Firefox and pointed it to the Lojban dict server.  Within Firefox I = can right-click on a Lojban word, choose "Define '[word]'", and = the jbovlaste definition pops up. < https://addon= s.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/302 >

Hope this helps. mu'o mi'e komfo,amonan

 

=

 

 

I tried installing the addon, but = it doesn’t seem to be working. It looked like it installed, and it asked me to = restart firefox, which I did, but then when I right click on a word and choose = define (whatever the word is) it doesn’t recognize any of the lojban = words I’ve tried so far. So far I have tried looking at the lojban wikipedia in the = lojban article and in the lojban version of jboski. When I chose define a word, = it either just doesn’t find anything, or it gives me a list of = similar English words to define.

 

Did I do something = wrong?

 

mu'omi’e = .skaryzgik.

 

 

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