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tshering · 11-26-2015, 01:21 PM

@Simpetus
I had a chance to try both your dictionary files. I renamed them to dicthtml-de-en.zip and dicthtml-en-de.zip. Both did not work for me, even the small one did not work.
As a test I renamed japdic01.zip from this post to dicthtml-de-en.zip and it worked without any problem! So it seems there is some problem with your dictionaries.

Maybe I should explain why I tested with japdic01.zip rather than with cedict4kobo.zip. japdic01.zip is build according to the same scheme as your dictionaries, that means it can replace any except the Japanese dictionary. cedict4kobo.zip, however, is build according to the scheme of the Japanese dictionary, and can only replace a Japanese dictionary.

Edit: Actually, the short version is working! I was only my mistake.

Edit 2: I did a further test. I removed from your complete dictionary most html files, so that only 100 or so remained. This shortened version is working. I think this shows that your dictionary is properly made, but that there are more html files than the reader can handle. If you look at my first Japanese dictionary, I had to split it into 2 parts for this reason. But this of course was very inconvenient.
I guess, it is best to redo your dictionary according to the scheme for Japanese dictionaries, in order to get a smaller number of html files. Instead of, for instance 上心.html, 上情.html and so on, you would put all entries starting with 上 into one 上.html. Look at cedict4kobo.zip for the details.
I do not know whether penelope has a setting for this, or whether you have to achieve this somehow by yourself.

11-26-2015, 01:21 PM	#31
tshering Wizard Posts: 3,489 Karma: 2914715 Join Date: Jun 2012 Device: kobo touch	@Simpetus I had a chance to try both your dictionary files. I renamed them to dicthtml-de-en.zip and dicthtml-en-de.zip. Both did not work for me, even the small one did not work. As a test I renamed japdic01.zip from this post to dicthtml-de-en.zip and it worked without any problem! So it seems there is some problem with your dictionaries. Maybe I should explain why I tested with japdic01.zip rather than with cedict4kobo.zip. japdic01.zip is build according to the same scheme as your dictionaries, that means it can replace any except the Japanese dictionary. cedict4kobo.zip, however, is build according to the scheme of the Japanese dictionary, and can only replace a Japanese dictionary. Edit: Actually, the short version is working! I was only my mistake. Edit 2: I did a further test. I removed from your complete dictionary most html files, so that only 100 or so remained. This shortened version is working. I think this shows that your dictionary is properly made, but that there are more html files than the reader can handle. If you look at my first Japanese dictionary, I had to split it into 2 parts for this reason. But this of course was very inconvenient. I guess, it is best to redo your dictionary according to the scheme for Japanese dictionaries, in order to get a smaller number of html files. Instead of, for instance 上心.html, 上情.html and so on, you would put all entries starting with 上 into one 上.html. Look at cedict4kobo.zip for the details. I do not know whether penelope has a setting for this, or whether you have to achieve this somehow by yourself. Last edited by tshering; 11-26-2015 at 04:47 PM.