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I've been trying to get back to making some dictionaries after a long time, and I'm more than slightly confused by all these new tools. Previously I think I used a combination of makedict (which I can no longer find?) and/or Penelope, and had success converting dictionaries that I still use. Some were StarDict, but some were converted through at least one more format before I was able to get them Kobo-ready.
Anyway, there are newer dictionaries I'd like to try out, mostly in .dsl and .mdx formats, and I'd hoped these new tools would help me along. So I started from scratch and set up PyGlossary and dictutil, with the intention of using the glossary to convert my source files to some cleaner format, and then using dictutil to do the rest.
Despite all my efforts, I was not able to make a successful conversion once with these new tools, so I must be doing something wrong. During the course of my research, i realised that there are different versions of .mdx, and that revision 3 is not really convertable, so I ditched the format for the time being and focused on dsl.
Using the default PyGlossary options to convert my dictionaries to Kobo format did not result in a readable dictionary. So I guess my first question would be - to what format do I need to convert a .dsl dictionary for best results with dictutils?
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