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Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 16:06:13 +0200
From: Timo Paulssen <timonator@perpetuum-immobile.de>
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Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: Firefox Add-on: Lojban Popup Dictionary
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m.kornig@sondal.net wrote:
> Well I'm not an expert in Add-Ons. But I guess it would
> demand some serious work, even if you just wanted it to
> work for Lojban-English translations. You would need to
> provide a Lojban-English dictionary (probably in form
> of a data base) to start with. I don't even know whether
> such a dictionary/data base exists...

i would piggyback on jbovlaste, it offers a standard DICT frontend to 
the database.

> The gismu list I know of has a lot strange English
> phrasings in it and would not be very helpful, I'm afraid.

well, of course the plugin should show the place structure, too.

> Also, I don't know WHO could do the job. The existing
> Add-Ons are probably provided by the FireFox company (if
> this exists?). I doubt that they would bother about a
> clear minority language such as Lojban.

no, almost all plugins on update.mozilla.org are from firefox users 
rather than developers.

> Martin
   - Timo