[Markismus]

Originally Posted by mujina

Ah, my mistake. I didn't mention (forgot, in fact) that the collates.txt I used was from a different source. Sorry for sending you on the wrong track! Can't track down its origin anymore (would have liked to give credit), but I'm attaching it here. As you see, it has the "syllable characters" added at the end.

Thanks, I'll add it to the repository.

I must have phrased something wrong, because the apostrophe is not an issue - my bad for making it sound like that, English is not my first language.

No, it was my bad. You did say in your example " 's ", but I got sidetracked looking through the document. Realized it later, but was doing something else at that time.

BUT the key seems to lie in your last paragraph, about the symbol width. I think you found the source of the problem there. Upon closer observation, PB seems to always try to select three characters as a "word" to look up. No more, no less. With practice, I can tap in the right place (second or third character) to determine where the string begins. If my word consists of only the first character (as it often happens in Japanese), either the dictionary automatically drops the end characters, or I can edit the search and delete them. If it consists of more than three characters, the "edit search" button allows me to find it. Bottom line: the search is not perfect, but it works well enough, if you get used to it, within the limits of the three-character selection, which I guess is determined by PB's software itself.

No idea how to control the 3 character setting. It seems to be a reason to file a patch request at Pocketbook. It sounds like a dirty hack that fails them for Japanese.

Taking another look at the three "accessory" files (collates, keyboard, and morphems), it suddenly occurred to me: is keyboard.txt supposed to somehow influence the on-screen keyboard? Because I've never been able to type Japanese characters in the dictionary, all I get is the Latin ones. (Just idle curiosity, it's not that important.)

Yes, that's what it's for. Otherwise you cannot input words to look up in your dictionary.

Despite the minor inconveniences, the dictionary works! Once again, I am very grateful. Have a happy New Year, you and everyone else here (assuming you celebrate it tonight), and I hope life gives you all the good things you deserve and more!

You have a very lovely 2025, too!

(I tried attaching the .dic itself, but it's seen as an "invalid file" for some reason.)

Zip the file, so that it is a zip-file. Mobileread accepts those. Otherwise you can post a link with we.transfer or another single file transfer service. However, it would even be nicer if you upload the used source file(s). Then I can convert them to Koreader, too. Would make the conversation a bit more interesting, too. As I don't have a Pocketbook anymore, all conversation about Japanese has been purely academic up to now.