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AlPe · 03-30-2016, 05:42 PM

I briefly read the previous posts since my last one.

Four comments:

1. penelope can merge several input dictionaries into a single dictionary. This function can be used to merge (say) several Spanish->Spanish dictionaries into a single dicthtml-es.zip file for Kobo. An example can be found in the usage message: https://github.com/pettarin/penelope#usage

2. I spent time to write this (I believe, complete) explanation about how to install Kobo dictionaries on Kobo devices, please read it: https://github.com/pettarin/penelope#kobo-devices

3. Yes, dictionary names like "dicthtml-tr-en.zip" only helps identifying the languages involved. To have them working on a Kobo device, you need to rename them to one of the "official" Kobo file names, listed (surprise surprise!) here: https://github.com/pettarin/penelope#kobo-devices

4. Rumors are spreading that penelope v3.x is not working properly. As I said previously, it might be buggy on Windows, but I am sure it works on Linux (Debian). In fact, so far I have been unable to reproduce on my Debian laptop the issues reported by a couple of (Windows) users. Since I do not own a Windows machine, I cannot investigate the issue further. Anyway, feel free to use the v2.x if it works for you.

03-30-2016, 05:42 PM	#242
AlPe Digital Amanuensis Posts: 727 Karma: 1446357 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Turin, Italy Device: Several eReaders and tablets	I briefly read the previous posts since my last one. Four comments: 1. penelope can merge several input dictionaries into a single dictionary. This function can be used to merge (say) several Spanish->Spanish dictionaries into a single dicthtml-es.zip file for Kobo. An example can be found in the usage message: https://github.com/pettarin/penelope#usage 2. I spent time to write this (I believe, complete) explanation about how to install Kobo dictionaries on Kobo devices, please read it: https://github.com/pettarin/penelope#kobo-devices 3. Yes, dictionary names like "dicthtml-tr-en.zip" only helps identifying the languages involved. To have them working on a Kobo device, you need to rename them to one of the "official" Kobo file names, listed (surprise surprise!) here: https://github.com/pettarin/penelope#kobo-devices 4. Rumors are spreading that penelope v3.x is not working properly. As I said previously, it might be buggy on Windows, but I am sure it works on Linux (Debian). In fact, so far I have been unable to reproduce on my Debian laptop the issues reported by a couple of (Windows) users. Since I do not own a Windows machine, I cannot investigate the issue further. Anyway, feel free to use the v2.x if it works for you.