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Originally Posted by jackie_w
I don't think NickelMenu is the problem. I, and many others, also use it but no-one's ever reported their custom dictionaries no longer work.
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Interesting. Since I saw no change in behavior with the removal of NickelMenu (as posted in my update), then it's probably not at fault.
A lot of these were already answered in my original and follow up posts, but here they are in one place:
- Is the Kobo default English dictionary working correctly? YES
- Does your Kobo directory structure look something like the attached screenshot? I use Windows. YES (I use MacOS, but the Kobo linux directory structure is the same)
- What format is the book? epub, kepub, other? What's your Kobo firmware version? I TRIED EPUB AND KEPUB 4.26.16704
- Is it possible the book you're using is stuffed full of soft hyphens? That would stop both dictionary and search functions from working properly. Try a different epub or kepub. I TRIED MULTIPLE EBOOKS.
- Have your custom dictionaries become corrupt? Have you ever un-zipped then re-zipped them? If you send me a link to your Chambers/Webster zips I could try them on my Kobo to rule that out. And/or I could send you a link to the Chambers/Webster zips that I'm using and you could try those. THEY DIDN'T SEEM CORRUPT WHEN I UNARCHIVED THEM THE OTHER DAY, BUT YOUR LAST SUGGESTION IS A GOOD ONE. I'LL TAKE YOU UP ON IT.
I've noticed other issues, however. For instance, I had screenshots enabled before I removed NM, but now I cannot disable that setting. I've loaded the config and set it to false twice since removing NM, verified that the setting is set back to false, but upon reboot screenshots are still set to true.
I've deleted books remotely, which always worked before, but ghosts of them remain on my Kobo. I've corrected my account twice, but that doesn't touch sideloaded books. When I select one of these vestigial ebooks, the Kobo Clara crashes. Even though the books are not there, I still have to carefully select the three dots to remove them (otherwise the book is selected and kaboom).
I'm thinking of nuking it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
If after a factory reset, I *still* have problems with the dictionary, I'll definitely have you look over those files and try out yours.
I've never had a Kobo misbehave quite so badly before. Something must be corrupt. Frankly, I blame Ultimate Manga Reader which crashed my Kobo so numerously last weekend, I had to disable it so that I didn't accidentally select it again.