Index of Custom Dictionaries for Kobo eReader

[akorx]

Hi,

Anyone would have the dictionary "Le nouveau Littré" (it's a modern version of a french dictionary called "Le Littré") ?

[JSWolf]

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[geek1011]

Originally Posted by geek1011

This post contains a pre-built dictionaries converted using the tools in examples/*-convert. Links to the source dictfiles are also included for use as examples, for merging with your own dictionaries, or for editing.

Webster's 1913 Unabridged Dictionary (from gutenberg.org/ebooks/29765)

• Dictionary (4.7.10364+): dicthtml-wb.zip (source: webster1913.df)

GOTDict (from github.com/wjdp/gotdict)

• Images (4.20.14601+): dicthtml-gt.zip (source: gotdict.df)
• No images (4.7.10364+): dicthtml-gt.noimg.zip (source: gotdict.noimg.df)

Generated by dictutil v0.1.0.

[skybook]

Originally Posted by geek1011

Webster's 1913 Unabridged Dictionary (from gutenberg.org/ebooks/29765)

• Dictionary (4.7.10364+): dicthtml-wb.zip (source: webster1913.df)

GOTDict (from github.com/wjdp/gotdict)

• Images (4.20.14601+): dicthtml-gt.zip (source: gotdict.df)
• No images (4.7.10364+): dicthtml-gt.noimg.zip (source: gotdict.noimg.df)

Generated by dictutil v0.1.0.

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[markvdvelde]

Originally Posted by Semwize

PyGlossary -> Profit

Thanks! Never heard of this software, but willing to try.

[Ntress]

After installing a custom dictionary, everytime my kobo updates the dictionary to the original one so my custom dictionary is suddenly gone.

How do I prevent it from updating my dictionaries ???

[geek1011]

Originally Posted by Ntress

After installing a custom dictionary, everytime my kobo updates the dictionary to the original one so my custom dictionary is suddenly gone.

How do I prevent it from updating my dictionaries ???

The "dictutil install" command can do that for you (both replacing and adding new ones). Otherwise, just manually set IsSynced to false in the DB (it will say dictionary downloads are pending, but it will work fine).

[toancv]

Originally Posted by geek1011

The "dictutil install" command can do that for you (both replacing and adding new ones). Otherwise, just manually set IsSynced to false in the DB (it will say dictionary downloads are pending, but it will work fine).

I tried download dictutil on my Windows 10 but when I click the exe file, it just close. I read and understand the intention of your dictutil but enable to make it work. Can you give more instruction of use on Windows 10?

[Semwize]

Originally Posted by toancv

I tried download dictutil on my Windows 10 but when I click the exe file, it just close. I read and understand the intention of your dictutil but enable to make it work. Can you give more instruction of use on Windows 10?

You can create start.bat in the dictutil folder containing the command you need, for example

@echo off
dictutil-windows.exe install dicthtml-e1.zip
pause

[geek1011]

Originally Posted by Semwize

You can create start.bat in the dictutil folder containing the command you need, for example

@echo off
dictutil-windows.exe install dicthtml-e1.zip
pause

Or even better:

install.bat:

@cd %~dp0
@dictutil-windows.exe install %1
@pause

Then you can drag and drop the dictionary onto it.

[toancv]

Originally Posted by geek1011

Or even better:

install.bat:

@cd %~dp0
@dictutil-windows.exe install %1
@pause

Then you can drag and drop the dictionary onto it.

Thank you. This works.

[Rojofo]

Originally Posted by geek1011

The "dictutil install" command can do that for you (both replacing and adding new ones). Otherwise, just manually set IsSynced to false in the DB (it will say dictionary downloads are pending, but it will work fine).

Thank you Geek 1011 for this information. I am in a similar situation. Should I understand that if I "set IsSynced to false in the DB" I will be able to prevent destructive updates to the dictionaries? Will this also block the firmware updates or only the dictionary updates?

Thanks for your advice.
Rojofo.

[geek1011]

Originally Posted by Rojofo

Thank you Geek 1011 for this information. I am in a similar situation. Should I understand that if I "set IsSynced to false in the DB" I will be able to prevent destructive updates to the dictionaries? Will this also block the firmware updates or only the dictionary updates?

Thanks for your advice.
Rojofo.

Only dictionary updates, but this doesn't apply to 4.20 anymore. In 4.20, just mark the dicthtml-*.zip file read-only. Dictutil will do this for you automatically based on your firmware version.

[Rojofo]

Originally Posted by geek1011

Only dictionary updates, but this doesn't apply to 4.20 anymore. In 4.20, just mark the dicthtml-*.zip file read-only. Dictutil will do this for you automatically based on your firmware version.

Thank you once again for taking the time to reply. I am not very computer-savvy and these operations are not easy for me. I have the latest firmware, 4.20.14601.

I would like to try to install Dictutil using a Mac, if that is possible.But I think that I would also have to install an "Enable searches on extra dictionaries patch". So that would mean two operations.

The other solution seems simpler. So can you please point me to an explanation of how I can "mark the dicthtml-*.zip file read-only" ? do I need specific software to do this?

Thanks in advance,
Rojofo.

[geek1011]

Originally Posted by Rojofo

Thank you once again for taking the time to reply. I am not very computer-savvy and these operations are not easy for me. I have the latest firmware, 4.20.14601.

I would like to try to install Dictutil using a Mac, if that is possible.But I think that I would also have to install an "Enable searches on extra dictionaries patch". So that would mean two operations.

The other solution seems simpler. So can you please point me to an explanation of how I can "mark the dicthtml-*.zip file read-only" ? do I need specific software to do this?

Thanks in advance,
Rojofo.

Yes, you would need the patch too, unless you're just replacing a built-in dictionary.

To install it on macOS, just download the Darwin binary, chmod +x it in a terminal, and then run it with ./whatever. You'll need to let it through gatekeeper. See the kepubify instructions for how to do this kind of thing.

Dictutil will mark it read-only as necessary, but on macOS, you can also use chmod -w to do it manually.