iPad iPad custom dictionary to iBooks

[kidpixo]

Hi, this is my first try and it's working for German dictionary.

If I have time, I'll expand and simplify all this, especially the Step 2.

It's a little technical, ask for clarification.

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1. First step - add the custom dictionary to iBooks 1.2.2
(based on : http://eduworkz.net/Forums/tabid/57/...s/Default.aspx)

I used (for Linux user, needless to say :-) :
- jaibreacked iPad fw 4.2.1
- Text editor> TextWrangler http://www.barebones.com/products/textwrangler/ [Freeware for MAC]
- FTP GUI > Cyberduck http://trac.cyberduck.ch/ [Open Source, Indie(=donate!) for Mac/Win]

Location of System Dictionaries on Mac 10.6.7: /Library/Dictionaries/

I have:

• Apple Dictionary.dictionary
• New Oxford American Dictionary.dictionary
• OpenThesaurus Deutsch.dictionary
• Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus.dictionary
• Shogakukan Daijisen.dictionary
• Shogakukan Progressive English-Japanese Japanese-English Dictionary.dictionary
• Shogakukan Ruigo Reikai Jiten.dictionary

Copy 'OpenThesaurus Deutsch.dictionary' to iPad System Dictionaries folder.

You can find the OpenThesaurus Deutsch here http://www.tekl.de/english/OpenThesaurus_German.html

Location of System Dictionaries on iPad : /Library/Dictionaries/

Modify iBooks .plist :

Find the iBooks.app application*:

> ssh root@192.168.1.4
> root@192.168.1.4's password: ****
> cd /var/mobile/Applications/
> find . -iname "iBooks.app"
> ./03D95CB6-B29E-4326-9BD9-587ADEF6A6AD/iBooks.app
> cd 03D95CB6-B29E-4326-9BD9-587ADEF6A6AD/

or use iFile on the iOs device, but modify thing on iOs is horrible.

2. Second step - Change epub language

(based on http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/bac...in-ibooks-1.1/)
I'm modifying the News recipes epub produced by Calibre http://calibre-ebook.com/user_manual/news.html):

Test script (after substitution of calligraphic “ ” ‘ to serious character, check it twice!), see the comment in the reference:

for file in *.epub ; do unzip "$file" content.opf && mv content.opf content.opf.bak && sed 's/\en\<\/dc\:language\>/\de\<\/dc\:language\>/' < content.opf.bak > content.opf && zip "$file" content.opf && rm -f content.* ; done

Enjoy!

*I hate the 'app' word.