[lojban-beginners] Re: QuickDict

[najrut <ruler11post@gmail.com>]

Not sure. if notepad works and google chrome doesn't then it's GD's
problem.
You can ask for help at their forum.
http://goldendict.org/forum/index.php

On Nov 1, 3:49 am, Luke Bergen <lukeaber...@gmail.com> wrote:
> haha, I wasn't trying to compete with GD.  I was just packaging up a
> simple-minded script that I had written a while back and have since expanded
> to work with lujvo.  And anyway, having many options is never a bad thing.
>  If nobody finds my utility useful, then it won't get used, and that's fine.
>  I just wanted to share that which I have found to be useful.
>
> So, I'm trying out goldendict.  As an example of making it work, I'm using
> google chrome on windowsXP and in gmail I am typing up an email.  Supposing
> the reply below has a word that I don't know (in fact, I'm curious about
> what your name means).  I'm looking at GD's "popup definition" feature.  How
> does it work?  I've enabled it under preferences and I can't get it to pop
> up the definition window.
>
> I follow the same steps in notepad and it works fine.  Do I need to do
> something special to make it work with google chrome?
>
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 11:56 AM, najrut <ruler11p...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I've compared QuickDict (QD) with my GoldenDict (GD) distribution,
> > that can be found athttp://sites.google.com/site/slovlacukt/file-cabinet.
> > Here is what we get.
>
> > Operating system.
> >  QD. Windows
> >  GD. Windows Linux Mac
> > Dictionaries
> >  QD. gismu cmavo lujvo (?)
> >  GD. gismu cmavo lujvo + any other dictionaries including simplified
> > gismu, etymology, mnemonics, the whole jbovlaste and much more.
> > Search through dictionaries
> >  QD No
> >  GD Yes
> > Search history
> >  QD No
> >  GD Yes
> > Can copy the translation to clipboard ?
> >  QD No
> >  GD Yes
> > Size of distribution
> >  QD several kilobytes
> >  GD >12 megabytes
>
> > So the last feature is the only plus of QuickDict.
> > I don't mean QuickDict is bad, it's just less easy to use (for the
> > time being !).
> > If QuickDict can be expanded to Linux and Mac it would be wonderful.
>
> > Luke Bergen wrote:
> > > I've been using this script for a while now but the lujvo section has
> > been
> > > broken... till this afternoon.
>
> > > Since I've found it to be handy I thought I might share it with anyone
> > who
> > > might be interested.  I've included the source in case anyone is curious
> > > enough to prod at it.
>
> > > I put it up on file dropper because that seemed easiest.  I know many
> > mail
> > > clients will choke if they see an email with a zip attachment that
> > contains
> > > .exe's.
>
> > > If it gets a good enough response, maybe I'll try to get it up onto
> > > lojban.org somewhere. So, any and all feedback is welcome.  Thanks.
>
> > > Here's the link:http://www.filedropper.com/quickdict
>
> > > mu'o mi'e cribe
>
> > > mu'onai It's a windows only utility. mu'o
>
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