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sjheiss · 12-27-2011, 03:07 AM

I've been trying for hours to figure out how to decrypt the Oxford Dictionary of English, but all the ways to decrypt books seem to be out of date. I want to decrypt it so I can use it as an example to create a dictionary just like it, out of some HTML files/a delimited text file of a Basque dictionary. I've tried making the dictionary myself, but the only guide I could find relies on StarDict files, TAB files specifically, and I can't get those since my dictionary is not a StarDict one, rather from a CHM file compiled from a website. The post says that tab2opf.py can use TXT files, but if you try it says that it requires TAB.

I could easily create a PDF or similar, and I have, but I want it to function like the two dictionaries that come pre-installed on Kindles (on my K3G at least).

Mobipocket won't work, because if I try to build a file with a table of contents, it says that the hyperlink(s) were not resolved.

I've tried almost everything I can think of, and my brain hurts so much from doing this and other Kindle hacks and things for over 12 hours straight, and my attention span is extremely short because of that.

So, I'd be extremely thankful if someone could tell me something I could do to get what I desire, or to complete it for me (although I prefer learning to do it myself.

12-27-2011, 03:07 AM	#1
sjheiss Connoisseur Posts: 58 Karma: 26 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: K3G, KF2	Need help to create a dictionary I've been trying for hours to figure out how to decrypt the Oxford Dictionary of English, but all the ways to decrypt books seem to be out of date. I want to decrypt it so I can use it as an example to create a dictionary just like it, out of some HTML files/a delimited text file of a Basque dictionary. I've tried making the dictionary myself, but the only guide I could find relies on StarDict files, TAB files specifically, and I can't get those since my dictionary is not a StarDict one, rather from a CHM file compiled from a website. The post says that tab2opf.py can use TXT files, but if you try it says that it requires TAB. I could easily create a PDF or similar, and I have, but I want it to function like the two dictionaries that come pre-installed on Kindles (on my K3G at least). Mobipocket won't work, because if I try to build a file with a table of contents, it says that the hyperlink(s) were not resolved. I've tried almost everything I can think of, and my brain hurts so much from doing this and other Kindle hacks and things for over 12 hours straight, and my attention span is extremely short because of that. So, I'd be extremely thankful if someone could tell me something I could do to get what I desire, or to complete it for me (although I prefer learning to do it myself.