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jackie_w · 03-19-2017, 05:48 PM

I never sync if I can avoid it but it certainly used to be the case that syncing would overwrite your Kobo's copy of dicthtml.zip with the Kobo official one if the files didn't match. There are a couple of ways round it:

Install the new dictionary as an 'Extra Dictionary'. See the detailed step-by-step Kobo Extra Dictionaries. This has the benefit of allowing you to have both the official one and your new one(s) accessible at the same time. This is the method I use.
Use the Kobo Patcher and enable the patch called
Code:
```
patch_name = `Change dicthtml strings to micthtml`
patch_enable = `no`
#
## This patch is used for something to do with syncing and custom dictionaries.
## If you don't know what it does, then you probably don't need it.
```
I haven't tried this method myself, so I can't vouch for it. But if you're already using the Kobo Patcher to install other patches then it should be easy to add this one to your enabled list.

My understanding is that, if you do enable it, you also need change the first letter of all the filenames of your Kobo's dictionaries from 'dicthtml-xx-yy.zip' to 'micthtml-xx-yy.zip', which should be enough to foil the Kobo servers.

03-19-2017, 05:48 PM	#4
jackie_w Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,254 Karma: 16544692 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: UK Device: ClaraHD, Forma, Libra2, Clara2E, LibraCol, PBTouchHD3	I never sync if I can avoid it but it certainly used to be the case that syncing would overwrite your Kobo's copy of dicthtml.zip with the Kobo official one if the files didn't match. There are a couple of ways round it: Install the new dictionary as an 'Extra Dictionary'. See the detailed step-by-step Kobo Extra Dictionaries. This has the benefit of allowing you to have both the official one and your new one(s) accessible at the same time. This is the method I use. Use the Kobo Patcher and enable the patch called Code: patch_name = `Change dicthtml strings to micthtml` patch_enable = `no` # ## This patch is used for something to do with syncing and custom dictionaries. ## If you don't know what it does, then you probably don't need it. I haven't tried this method myself, so I can't vouch for it. But if you're already using the Kobo Patcher to install other patches then it should be easy to add this one to your enabled list. My understanding is that, if you do enable it, you also need change the first letter of all the filenames of your Kobo's dictionaries from 'dicthtml-xx-yy.zip' to 'micthtml-xx-yy.zip', which should be enough to foil the Kobo servers.