placing dictionaries

paolog · 04-03-2014, 09:24 AM

In the pb622 one can put dictionaries either on

/mnt/ext1/system/dictionaries (the main internal storage)
/mnt/ext2/system/dictionaries (an optional sd micro, usefull to test them)
/mnt/secure/dictionaries (an internal storage area)
anywhere, provided that you made a symlink from one of the previous three locations above

In each location, even with symlinks, they works well

If put in mnt/secure/dictionaries you can manage their availaibility via the system settings (like those from ABBYY)

On my PB, mnt/secure/dictionaries is 625mb of which 314mb are available (after I put there 70mb of my dictionaries)

It doesn't seem quicker to have dictionaries there

The only cons I can think of is the wearing (in terms of reading cycles) of the internal memory

anyone has any other pros/cons

Paolo

rkomar · 04-03-2014, 12:27 PM

As cons for using /mnt/secure/dictionaries, it is not generally accessible on older (pre-Touch) devices with old versions of the firmware (you need root permissions), and you can't access it via the USB interface. Also, if you buy a lot of dictionaries via PB's website (does anyone?), you'll want to leave free space in /mnt/secure/dictionaries for them when the system installs them there. These are not very strong reasons, though.

04-03-2014, 09:24 AM	#1
paolog Zealot Posts: 117 Karma: 37584 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Milan / Italy Device: pocketbook touch 622	placing dictionaries In the pb622 one can put dictionaries either on /mnt/ext1/system/dictionaries (the main internal storage) /mnt/ext2/system/dictionaries (an optional sd micro, usefull to test them) /mnt/secure/dictionaries (an internal storage area) anywhere, provided that you made a symlink from one of the previous three locations above In each location, even with symlinks, they works well If put in mnt/secure/dictionaries you can manage their availaibility via the system settings (like those from ABBYY) On my PB, mnt/secure/dictionaries is 625mb of which 314mb are available (after I put there 70mb of my dictionaries) It doesn't seem quicker to have dictionaries there The only cons I can think of is the wearing (in terms of reading cycles) of the internal memory anyone has any other pros/cons Paolo

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04-03-2014, 12:27 PM	#2
rkomar Wizard Posts: 3,067 Karma: 18821071 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Sudbury, ON, Canada Device: PRS-505, PB 902, PRS-T1, PB 623, PB 840, PB 633	As cons for using /mnt/secure/dictionaries, it is not generally accessible on older (pre-Touch) devices with old versions of the firmware (you need root permissions), and you can't access it via the USB interface. Also, if you buy a lot of dictionaries via PB's website (does anyone?), you'll want to leave free space in /mnt/secure/dictionaries for them when the system installs them there. These are not very strong reasons, though.

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