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pzack · 09-09-2022, 12:46 PM

Good morning M. Markismus,

Thank you for taking the time to respond to my query. I mentioned .xml because it is a supported format in pyglossary(according to github)for conversion, however, the xml file that I have is not converting. I am not sure if this file actually contains the whole dictonary anyway.

The only thing that I can think of is convert the full text file that I have but it is not tab delimited. When I look at this file in notepad I see that the headword is not separated out-it is the leading word-but it is part of the definition which is a paragraph.

Pyglossary asks for a tab delimited file citing no-tab errors as it was converting ; it produced the three stardict files from my text file but they were empty. I did not create the text and xml files.

If there is a way to do a mass conversion of the text file, that is, get the leading head word separated out, and I think that this is what is meant by tab-delimiting a file-then pyglossary may correctly convert the text file. It is almost there but needs the head word separated from the definition. However, I admit that I don't fully understand the structure of a tab delimited file.

I have seen something about dumping the text into excel or another spreadsheet to build a tab-delimited file but,unfortunately, I have zero experience and knowledge of spreadsheets.

The dictionary has over 100,000 words and I certainly cannot do it manually.

And then there is the file converter "penelope" but I don't know if there is any help in that direction.

Cordially,
pz

09-09-2022, 12:46 PM	#4
pzack Connoisseur Posts: 79 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2022 Device: kobo sage,elipsa	Good morning M. Markismus, Thank you for taking the time to respond to my query. I mentioned .xml because it is a supported format in pyglossary(according to github)for conversion, however, the xml file that I have is not converting. I am not sure if this file actually contains the whole dictonary anyway. The only thing that I can think of is convert the full text file that I have but it is not tab delimited. When I look at this file in notepad I see that the headword is not separated out-it is the leading word-but it is part of the definition which is a paragraph. Pyglossary asks for a tab delimited file citing no-tab errors as it was converting ; it produced the three stardict files from my text file but they were empty. I did not create the text and xml files. If there is a way to do a mass conversion of the text file, that is, get the leading head word separated out, and I think that this is what is meant by tab-delimiting a file-then pyglossary may correctly convert the text file. It is almost there but needs the head word separated from the definition. However, I admit that I don't fully understand the structure of a tab delimited file. I have seen something about dumping the text into excel or another spreadsheet to build a tab-delimited file but,unfortunately, I have zero experience and knowledge of spreadsheets. The dictionary has over 100,000 words and I certainly cannot do it manually. And then there is the file converter "penelope" but I don't know if there is any help in that direction. Cordially, pz Last edited by pzack; 09-09-2022 at 12:49 PM.