wikipedia on bebook

x3oo · 03-19-2009, 01:04 PM

does the bebook or other firmwares for hanlin support mobipocket with index-files so that you can use wikipedia offline?

PaweL_L · 03-22-2009, 04:19 AM

I tried the Webster dictionary in prc format from this site and it worked fine, including index.

Jill75 · 03-22-2009, 04:50 AM

I also use wikimedia for easy information. This would help a lot thanks!

oddity · 05-04-2009, 04:28 AM

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...315#post446315

Lbooker · 06-10-2009, 03:49 AM

Frank Burkhardt is the German author of mobipocket ports of Wikipedia in several languages, available freely on his site:
http://pinguinburg.de/wpmp

The older German versions work on my Lbook, and they work perfectly. I use the very rich March 2005 version 1.6 in German thanks to the latest Lbook firmware. It is perfectly indexed, and searchable thanks to the virtual keyboard that appears on the screen (go to index, and once in the index press OK and then 1 to search in the index. It would be perfect if opening Wikipedia put us directly in that virtual keyboard mode). The links that appear in one article, e.g. the highlighted words linking to other articles, work exactly like in the real online Wikipedia!

It is very impressive! And free!

All the recent versions of Wikipedia on his site are split into several files because Wikipedia has become too big to fit in one file apparently. But that reason should be checked. The one-file version I use is 329 MB big!

The old versions of Wikipedia in German (the ones that work) are available here:
http://www.axelschaefermdb.de/service/wikipedia.html

Here is the little thing he asked the programmers of Mobipocket on their forum a couple of years ago:
http://www.mobipocket.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=32971
But they refused to make the links between several files work in the new version of their software, like they used to work in the older versions written for other products!
Here is the list of the differences between the two major versions of Mobipocket:
http://www.mobipocket.com/dev/articl...File=cross.htm

My new hope now is FBreader.
There are discussions on their list.

They recently added support for Mobipocket.

What we can do:
- register on the Mobipocket forum and add our voices to that of Frank in the discussion he started
- register in the FBreader group on google and ask them if they can please add the support for links between files
- offer a Hanlin reader to Frank to get him on board with us, and very very motivated to find a solution to get recent versions of Wikipedia in many languages work on our favorite reader. Note that he is also working on other projects of interest to us, like making the very best free english-german dictionary (Ding (available in Linux)) mobipocket friendly.

03-19-2009, 01:04 PM	#1
x3oo Enthusiast Posts: 31 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: cybook	wikipedia on bebook does the bebook or other firmwares for hanlin support mobipocket with index-files so that you can use wikipedia offline?

05-04-2009, 04:28 AM	#4
oddity Member Posts: 20 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2009 Device: BeBook/V3	see also this https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...315#post446315

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03-22-2009, 04:19 AM	#2
PaweL_L Greetings from Poland :-) Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: BeBook	I tried the Webster dictionary in prc format from this site and it worked fine, including index.

03-22-2009, 04:50 AM	#3
Jill75 Zealot Posts: 135 Karma: 150 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: none	I also use wikimedia for easy information. This would help a lot thanks!

06-10-2009, 03:49 AM	#5
Lbooker Addict Posts: 316 Karma: 1021312 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: Sony PRS-T1	Frank Burkhardt is the German author of mobipocket ports of Wikipedia in several languages, available freely on his site: http://pinguinburg.de/wpmp The older German versions work on my Lbook, and they work perfectly. I use the very rich March 2005 version 1.6 in German thanks to the latest Lbook firmware. It is perfectly indexed, and searchable thanks to the virtual keyboard that appears on the screen (go to index, and once in the index press OK and then 1 to search in the index. It would be perfect if opening Wikipedia put us directly in that virtual keyboard mode). The links that appear in one article, e.g. the highlighted words linking to other articles, work exactly like in the real online Wikipedia! It is very impressive! And free! All the recent versions of Wikipedia on his site are split into several files because Wikipedia has become too big to fit in one file apparently. But that reason should be checked. The one-file version I use is 329 MB big! The old versions of Wikipedia in German (the ones that work) are available here: http://www.axelschaefermdb.de/service/wikipedia.html Here is the little thing he asked the programmers of Mobipocket on their forum a couple of years ago: http://www.mobipocket.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=32971 But they refused to make the links between several files work in the new version of their software, like they used to work in the older versions written for other products! Here is the list of the differences between the two major versions of Mobipocket: http://www.mobipocket.com/dev/articl...File=cross.htm My new hope now is FBreader. There are discussions on their list. They recently added support for Mobipocket. What we can do: - register on the Mobipocket forum and add our voices to that of Frank in the discussion he started - register in the FBreader group on google and ask them if they can please add the support for links between files - offer a Hanlin reader to Frank to get him on board with us, and very very motivated to find a solution to get recent versions of Wikipedia in many languages work on our favorite reader. Note that he is also working on other projects of interest to us, like making the very best free english-german dictionary (Ding (available in Linux)) mobipocket friendly.

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