Hi all,

I installed the OpenInkpot pre-0.2-20090326 snapshot, and so far I like it very much.
However, I downloaded some dictionaries from StarDict (http://stardict.sourceforge.net/Dictionaries_dictd-www.dict.org.php) (tried both the Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), and the The Collaborative International Dictionary of English; but no luck with either one), unpacked the tarball, and put the .dict.dz and .idx file in a folder called "dict" in the root of my SD-card. (I also tried renaming the .idx file to .index)

When I open a book in CoolReader, I am able to type in a word, but at every word I get the message "Article for word xxx not found".

Any ideas on how to fix this?

Only dictd format is supported. You can use 'makedict' (http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=95155&package_id=160978) to convert from startdict.

Only dictd format is supported. You can use 'makedict' (http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=95155&package_id=160978) to convert from startdict.

Oops, I didn't know that.

Would anyone care to try and convert the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/stardict/stardict-dictd_www.dict.org_gcide-2.4.2.tar.bz2?download) to dictd?
I can't get 'makedict' to install on my Mac or Ubuntu VM.

Thanks in advance!

This dictionary is in dictd format already. Just get it from ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcide

This dictionary is in dictd format already. Just get it from ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcide

Thanks for your help so far; but I still can't get it to work. I downloaded the files from that ftp-server, but they're not in .dict.dz / .index-format. I then downloaded the gcide-dictionary from ftp://ftp.dict.org/pub/dict/pre/ , but I still get the same error (Article for word xxx not found).

Any additional ideas?

lunohod figured out it does not work for dictd format too. looks like a bug in libtinydict

see my response @ http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40845

I hit the same problem using Lbook software - see http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=46382 .

The issue seems to be the difference between .idx and .index files that are used with the .dict.dz file.

As I mentioned in the other thread the mueller dictionary that came with the Lbook s/w does work (but translates English to Russian) so pehaps it is just a matter of generating the correct .index file .

BobC

Many dictionaries didn't work for me until I decompressed the .dict.dz file. When I put the .dict and .index files in the directory, it worked properly.

Many dictionaries didn't work for me until I decompressed the .dict.dz file. When I put the .dict and .index files in the directory, it worked properly.

Would you care to upload a working version somewhere?