[PW2] Drilling into the dictionary

[Glorfindel]

Ah, ok.

[DuckieTigger]

Originally Posted by eschwartz

The issue here is it defines, as a contraction, but doesn't link to the non-contracted word's definition.

It does and it doesn't. I just opened the dictionary and looked for 'twixt it comes up as:
'twixt - contraction of betwixt.
No link on betwixt, but you can use the dictionary when having the dictionary open. So clicking long on the non-link of betwixt will open a popup with it just like when using the dictionary from within any other book.

As far as I know neither real links or dictionary lookup works on the popup, the more->open dictionary is needed to follow links anyway. While there you can follow non-links like above by looking it up in the dictionary. If further investigation is needed then has to open the dictionary again.

Also just tested on Voyage - and the back button ( < ) will go back all the way to the home screen. So opening the dictionary multiple times won't be a problem to get back to your book. To clarify, it will go back one step at a time. So if having multiple dictionaries "open" you have to use the back button multiple times.

[Glorfindel]

Originally Posted by DuckieTigger

It does and it doesn't. I just opened the dictionary and looked for 'twixt it comes up as:
'twixt - contraction of betwixt.
No link on betwixt, but you can use the dictionary when having the dictionary open. So clicking long on the non-link of betwixt will open a popup with it just like when using the dictionary from within any other book.

As far as I know neither real links or dictionary lookup works on the popup, the more->open dictionary is needed to follow links anyway. While there you can follow non-links like above by looking it up in the dictionary. If further investigation is needed then has to open the dictionary again.

Also just tested on Voyage - and the back button ( < ) will go back all the way to the home screen. So opening the dictionary multiple times won't be a problem to get back to your book. To clarify, it will go back one step at a time. So if having multiple dictionaries "open" you have to use the back button multiple times.

...Which is what I was getting at... In my poorly worded, round about way....

[DuckieTigger]

Originally Posted by Glorfindel

...Which is what I was getting at... In my poorly worded, round about way....

Ah, I see. Makes perfect sense the way you said it. I wasn't sure if the step to go to full definition (from the popup) was a clear enough leap. I might have retyped what you said in too much detail. A short answer like:

From the popup choose "More -> Open Dictionary" and then look up "betwixt" again.

Might have sufficed? But that leaves room for interpretation and doesn't adress the issue from earlier that "betwixt" doesn't have a hardcoded link.

Plus, I myself only realized that you already answered the OP's question, because you said so. So it is not completely obvious (to me).