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Markismus · 09-08-2022, 01:24 PM

XML is a language for data storage, not a dictionary format. So you can't expect pyglossary to support any XML whatsoever. However, you can put the XML-file online and post a link to it. Maybe you're lucky.

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The Pdf-(2-epub-)2-html-2-stardict tool isn't there, yet. Probably never. The problem is that the nice styling of a PDF puts a lot of extra code in there, that has to be differentiated from the words&definitions. Optically easy, but not code-wise. You could try to get ABBYY Finereader to recognize it and specify the output format as a spreadsheet or CSV-format. However, even ABBYY's output will still have a lot of noise, that you'll have to deal with.

What is the name of the dictionary? Maybe it's already present in a nicer format than PDF.

09-08-2022, 01:24 PM	#3
Markismus Guru Posts: 955 Karma: 149907 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Rotterdam Device: HiSenseA5ProCC, Cracked OnyxNotePro, Note5, Kobo Glo, Aura	XML is a language for data storage, not a dictionary format. So you can't expect pyglossary to support any XML whatsoever. However, you can put the XML-file online and post a link to it. Maybe you're lucky. Suggestions The Pdf-(2-epub-)2-html-2-stardict tool isn't there, yet. Probably never. The problem is that the nice styling of a PDF puts a lot of extra code in there, that has to be differentiated from the words&definitions. Optically easy, but not code-wise. You could try to get ABBYY Finereader to recognize it and specify the output format as a spreadsheet or CSV-format. However, even ABBYY's output will still have a lot of noise, that you'll have to deal with. What is the name of the dictionary? Maybe it's already present in a nicer format than PDF.