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AyanDict
A simple and minimalistic cross-platform desktop dictionary application based on Qt framework and written in Go that uses StarDict dictionary format.
It is designed for desktop and it should run on every desktop operating system that Qt supports. It is tested on Linux and Windows, and it should run perfectly on Mac, FreeBSD and other modern Unix-like systems. I will upload binaries for Linux, Windows and Mac (and maybe FreeBSD).
StarDict is the only supported format for now, and by default, it reads all StarDict dictionaries in ~/.stardict/dic folder. But you can change the folder or add more folders through configuration.
Installation
If you don't have Go langauge on your system, you can check Releases and download the latest binary for your platform if available.
If you have Go, you can compile install the latest code with
go install github.com/ilius/ayandict@latest
Or clone the reposotory, cd to it and run go build, which will create the binary (ayandict.exe or ayandict) in this directory.
Screenshots
Linux - light style (default)
Linux - dark style (Breeze)
Windows - light style (default)
Windows - dark style (Breeze)
Configuration
To change configuration (which includes most user settings), you have to edit the config file (we do not have GUI for it, and no plan to add it, sorry!).
After you run the program, you can click on "Config" button (as seen in screenshots) and it will open the config.toml file in your default text editor (for TOML files).
If config.toml does not exist, it will be created and filled with default config.
After you modify config.toml, you can click on "Reload" button (next to "Config" button) and it will apply the changes (with exception of font probably).
The full path for config.toml file:
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Linux:
~/.config/ayandict/config.toml- If
$XDG_CONFIG_HOMEis set:$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/ayandict/config.toml
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Windows:
C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\AyanDict\config.toml- More accurately:
%APPDATA%\AyanDict\config.toml
- More accurately:
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Mac:
~/Library/Preferences/AyanDict/config.toml
Dictionaries
As you see in screenshots, there is a button called "Dictionaries". It opens a dialog and lets you disable, enable and change order of dictionaries.
Each dictionary has a "Symbol" which by default is the first letter of its name in curly brackets (for example [W] for WordNet). This symbol is shown in the list of results that is in the left side of window, as seen in screenshots. It is meant to show you which dictionary it comes from at first glance. You can change this symbol through "Dictionaries" dialog. Symbol can be empty, or be as long as you want (though it is 3 characters by default).
Convert other Dictionary formats
You can use PyGlossary to convert various other formats to StarDict format and use them for this application. A list of supported formats is provided, and if you click on each format's link, it will lead you to more information about it.
Download Dictionaries
There are tons of web pages that let you download various usable dictionaries, but here is a list I collected (feel free to open a pull request for more):
Documentation
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There is no documentation for this package.
Source Files
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config/config-saver
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config/show-default
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frequency/cmd
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html
Package html implements an HTML5-compliant tokenizer and parser.
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Package html implements an HTML5-compliant tokenizer and parser. |
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html/atom
Package atom provides integer codes (also known as atoms) for a fixed set of frequently occurring HTML strings: tag names and attribute keys such as "p" and "id".
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Package atom provides integer codes (also known as atoms) for a fixed set of frequently occurring HTML strings: tag names and attribute keys such as "p" and "id". |
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levenshtein
Package levenshtein is a Go implementation to calculate Levenshtein Distance.
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Package levenshtein is a Go implementation to calculate Levenshtein Distance. |