New firmware: adding dictionaries?

[Rojofo]

The new Kobo firmware seems to have brought about major changes in the way dictionaries are managed. Not only has the appearance of the highlighting of the word changed but also the appearance and better use of the dictionary window. Congratulations to all those who worked on this and thanks to Kobo.

More importantly, on my Kobo Glo HD, I now suddenly have access to dictionaries that I had installed long ago but that were no longer visible or usable. I can now consult both the Spanish to English dictionary and the Spanish to French dictionary, something that had been blocked by past firmware updates.

I also see that other dictionaries are accessible. I am now wondering if this new approach will alllow me to add more dictionaries. Any tips on this (particularly about Spanish/English or Spanish/French dictionaries) would be much appreciated.

I suspect that there are many users motivated to know more about this new dictionary management.

PS. I'm not sure whether this post should be in the Firmware thread, but I see that that thread is very largely devoted to the new series management and my question might well not be visible there.

[geek1011]

I haven't looked at changes in dictionary loading in depth for 4.19.14601 yet.

There's some interesting info here: https://github.com/geek1011/kobopatch-patches/issues/49.

If all you want to do is install dictionaries, dictutil can do that (or see https://pgaskin.net/dictutil/dicthtml/install for manual installation instructions).

[Rojofo]

Thank you for this information.

I would like to know if the patch necessary for this to work will be overwritten by the next firmware update? If so, I am rather reluctant to invest time in what is, for me, a complex technical operation, if it is only a temporary fix.

I am still naive enough to believe that at some point (perhaps in the distant future! Lol!) Kobo will wake up to the reality of users' needs and actually allow extra dictionaries to be added permanently Lol!

[geek1011]

Originally Posted by Rojofo

I would like to know if the patch necessary for this to work will be overwritten by the next firmware update? If so, I am rather reluctant to invest time in what is, for me, a complex technical operation, if it is only a temporary fix.

I am still naive enough to believe that at some point (perhaps in the distant future! Lol!) Kobo will wake up to the reality of users' needs and actually allow extra dictionaries to be added permanently Lol!

Yes and no. The patch will be overwritten, but it's relatively easy to install.

In addition, you can skip the patch if you only want to replace a built-in dictionary.

[skymix]

Recently with the 4.20 firm all the dictionaries have been activated and the names on it have been replaced to Extra: XX

is it possible to enable the name of the dict like on the DB? is it a bug?

I have installed 12 Dicts on the dict folder:

dicthtml-e1.zip dicthtml-en-e1.zip dicthtml-es-en.zip dicthtml-s2.zip
dicthtml-e2.zip dicthtml-en-es.zip dicthtml-es.zip dicthtml-s3.zip
dicthtml-e3.zip dicthtml-es-e1.zip dicthtml-s1.zip dicthtml.zip

My Sqlite database is:

-e3 Extra:_me3 Multi English true 74843710 false
-e1 Extra:_e1 English (WordNet) true 19712760 false
-s1 Extra:_s1drae Español (DRAE) true 14704134 false
-e2 Extra:_es2 English-Spanish (Harrap's) true 6345604 false
-s3 Extra:_ms3 Multi Spanish true 23227175 false
-s2 Extra:_s2draeinflex DRAE Inflex true 14704134 false
-es Español true 7082250 true
-en English true 7454432 true
-en-es English - Español true 1240125 true
-es-en Español - English true 1666763 true

But on my Kobo reader after he upgrade the list of dict when i highlighted the word, the selection on the upper left box of the dictionary:

Español
Extra:_en-e1 Español
Extra:_e1
Extra:_e2
Extra:_e3
Extra:_s1
Extra:_s2
Extra:_s3
Español - Extra:_e1
Extra:_en-e1
Español - Extra:_en-e1
Extra:_en-e1 - Extra:_e1

[Semwize]

Originally Posted by skymix

My Sqlite database is:

-e3 Extra:_me3 Multi English true 74843710 false
...

In firmware 4.20 dictionary name from sqlite is no longer taken (you can generally delete these lines, nothing will change).

You read the forum before writing a topic? Much has been written about this in recent days.

[skymix]

Originally Posted by Semwize

In firmware 4.20 dictionary name from sqlite is no longer taken (you can generally delete these lines, nothing will change).

You read the forum before writing a topic? Much has been written about this in recent days.

Yes, i know the DB are not longer in use, but my question is about the name on the dicts. I have paste the DB for more context on the problem i have...

Are there any possibilities to have a correct name on the new Dict or i have to deal with Extra: criptics names on the new dict?

[Semwize]

Originally Posted by skymix

Are there any possibilities to have a correct name on the new Dict or i have to deal with Extra: criptics names on the new dict?

While this is not possible.

[skymix]

Originally Posted by Semwize

While this is not possible.

Ok thanks!

[geek1011]

It is possible to do with a LD_PRELOAD hack, but I don't think it's worth the time to write/test. Basically, just override the locale naming, then intercept the dictionary selection event handlers.

[Semwize]

Originally Posted by geek1011

but I don't think it's worth the time to write/test. Basically, just override the locale naming

Can't change the locale names in libnickel?

[geek1011]

Originally Posted by Semwize

Can't change the locale names in libnickel?

Remember that the space bug is still there.