dictionaries for KnownDict

doniks · 13 Oct 2018, 13:39

There used to be an offline dictionary app for UT: KnownDict. It's not in the store currently, but the code is still around and still runs:

@doniks said in Moving to UBports now:

@guru I have good memories of knowndict as well! Seems its enough to
bzr branch lp:knowndict
cd knowndict 
clickable --sdk 16.04
I get through the wizard. But I cant remember anymore how to put a dictionary in there

In order to really use the app one has to manually find and install a "stardict" formatted dictionary though. But I'm stuck with this: Where do I find useful dictionaries? All I can find are old and defunct websites and strange .exe files.

If nobody else feels like, I could compile it and push it to the store (I'm not promising to do any meaningful development with it though). But if I can't even use it myself, that doesn't make much sense.

guru · 13 Oct 2018, 14:37

I have some dictionaries in my piles:

# ls -ld star*
-rw-r--r--  1 guru  wheel  6372626 24 ago.   2007 stardict-babylon-Babylon_English-2.4.2.tar.bz2
-rw-r--r--  1 guru  wheel   465473 25 may.   2007 stardict-comn_sdict02_spanish-english-2.4.2.tar.bz2
-r--r--r--  1 guru  wheel  8008142 24 may.   2007 stardict-duden-2.4.2.tar.bz2
-rw-r--r--  1 guru  wheel   251041 25 may.   2007 stardict-e2i-2.4.2.tar.bz2
-rw-r--r--  1 guru  wheel  2078615  1 mar.   2009 stardict-freedict-deu-eng-2.4.2.tar.bz2
-r--r--r--  1 guru  wheel  8326172 24 may.   2007 stardict-ldaf-2.4.2.tar.bz2
-rw-r--r--  1 guru  wheel  7669212  3 ago.   2007 stardict-oxford-big5-2.4.2.tar.bz2
-rw-r--r--  1 guru  wheel  7702157  3 ago.   2007 stardict-oxford-gb-2.4.2.tar.bz2

You may also search for goldendict dictionaries which is the successor and compatible.

doniks · 13 Oct 2018, 14:52

@guru great. Do you have a good link where one can get some?

guru · 13 Oct 2018, 15:13

@doniks said in dictionaries for KnownDict:

@guru great. Do you have a good link where one can get some?

No, sorry. I could only upload them to some place of the community.

doniks · 13 Oct 2018, 21:24

No, sorry. I could only upload them to some place of the community.

Oh. Too bad. Anybody else?

doniks · 17 Oct 2018, 23:03

I finally dug up a website: download.huzheng.org , but now I can't figure out how to import it. in the import wizard, I get to the point where I select the folder where I placed the three files, but then nothing else happens

guru · 18 Oct 2018, 04:41

Do you have installed the file manager app? The KnownDict should ask which app to use to import and one must use the file manager.

doniks · 18 Oct 2018, 21:40

@guru yes I have the file manager installed. I just realized that I seemingly have to select all three files in the file picker and not the folder where they are in. But I now I'm stuck again. What I do:

open file manager, navigate to Download folder, check that I have the three files inside
open knowndict go to import, tap "start import"
file selector shows up, tap on file manager
file mgr shows up. navigate to the Download folder, longpress to select the first, then the other two, then tap select top right
returns to known dict. it shows the three files and a button "complete import" but that button doesn't seem to do anything when I hit it

guru · 19 Oct 2018, 04:58

The instructions say that you must 1st start the import in KnownDict, then choos TimeManager, then select the files, ...

doniks · 19 Oct 2018, 04:59

@guru uhu

guru · 19 Oct 2018, 05:09

@doniks said in dictionaries for KnownDict:

@guru uhu

???

doniks · 19 Oct 2018, 05:09

@guru I have the feeling that is what I did ...

guru · 23 Oct 2018, 11:39

@doniks said in dictionaries for KnownDict:

@guru I have the feeling that is what I did ...

doniks, I have had to install KnownDict into my new flashed 16.04-OTA5 and to import a dictionary, of course. I shoot a series of screens while walking though this. If you still have problems with this, just drop me a pm.

doniks · 24 Oct 2018, 18:45

Yes, still stuck. This is how far I get:

PS: can't PM you, ... forum says "This user has restricted their chat messages. They must follow you before you can chat with them", ... whatever. happy to discuss here, or you PM me, or you telegram me if you prefer: @dohniks over there

guru · 25 Oct 2018, 04:45

And what happens if you click that button 'Complete imports'?
I don't think that number of files is causing the problem. I created the dictionary you saw in my screens by own and may be I did something wrong. Just test some other dictionary.

Let me know if you have figured it out, please.

doniks · 25 Oct 2018, 05:12

@guru said in dictionaries for KnownDict:

And what happens if you click that button 'Complete imports'?

Visibly in the app nothing happens. In the log file I see this:

unknown- 0: unknown M: QSqlQuery::prepare: database not open
unknown- 0: unknown M: select * from dictionary where filename=? :  " Parameter count mismatch"
unknown- 0: unknown M: copy dict file error :  "/home/phablet/.cache/knowndict.doniks/HubIncoming/52/Concise_Oxford_English_Dictionary.dict"
unknown- 0: unknown M: copy dict file error :  "/home/phablet/.cache/knowndict.doniks/HubIncoming/52/Concise_Oxford_English_Dictionary.idx"
unknown- 0: unknown M: copy dict file error :  "/home/phablet/.cache/knowndict.doniks/HubIncoming/52/Concise_Oxford_English_Dictionary.ifo"
unknown- 0: unknown M: QSqlQuery::prepare: database not open
unknown- 0: unknown M: insert dictionary error:  " Parameter count mismatch"
unknown- 0: unknown M: dictDB.addDictionary() error  
file:///opt/click.ubuntu.com/knowndict.doniks/0.1.4/share/qml/knowndict/dict/ContentHubPicker.qml- 188: onClicked M: db_addDict_fail