Sdictionary Project

Sdictionary is a cross-platform dictionary project uses own Sdict dictionary format. It includes Sdict, the main program and two simple applications: Jotter and Data. Unlike ptkdic or gtkdic no MySQL needed, so you can work with dictionary files directly. Currently it is known to work under UNIX, Win32 and Symbian OS.

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Features:

• Cross-platform, works under UNIX, Win32/64 and Symbian EPOC OS
• Open source, binary format (dct) is also open and described in documentation
• Unicode, all words and articles are stored in UTF-8
• Two index levels, short and full
• Compression for dictionary articles
• Tools to convert from text file to .dct and vice versa under both Win32 and UNIX
• Simple Web Dictionary which is included into package
• C library framework with simple command line application
• Perl API (Sdict.pm)
• Simple, but powerful Jotter and Data applications
• Compiler which helps you to create own dictionaries

• English Idiomatic Dictionary [png]
• Japanese-English Kanji Dictionary [png]
• UTF-8 demo [png]
• Win32 [png]
• Console dictionary from libsdict package [gif]
• Symbian EPOC port [png]
  
• Jotter application [png]
  
• Data application [png]

• Perl 5.8.x (tested with 5.8.5, ActivePerl 5.8.4 build 810/win32). ActivePerl includes two below modules.
• Module Tk supported unicode (tested with 804.027);
• Module Compress::Zlib in case of using compressed dictionaries
• Windows 9x/2000/NT/XP or X Window System running with unicode fonts
• Symbian port and libsdict don't need any extra stuff listed above

• Windows installation notes
• How to create your own dictionaries

Development:

• Development page is here

Downloads:

    Programs/Libraries:

• PTkSdict, Perl/Tk GUI (UNIX, Win32) [ChangeLog]:
  • 1.2.4, latest (sources tarball, zip, rpm, deb) [tgz] [zip] [rpm] [deb]
  • 1.2.3, (sources tarball, zip, rpm, deb) [tgz] [zip] [rpm] [deb]
  
  
• Sdict.pm, a Perl module (included into above PTkSdict) [ChangeLog]:
  • 2.8, latest (sources tarball) [tgz]
  • 2.7, (sources tarball) [tgz]
  • It is also available at CPAN
  
  
• Libsdict, C library framework [ChangeLog]:
  • 1.5.1, latest (sources tarball, zip, rpm, deb) [tgz] [rpm] [deb] | Win32 binaries (zip) [zip]
  • 1.5.0, (sources tarball) [tgz]
  • 1.2.0, (sources tarball) [tgz] | Win32 binaries (zip) [zip]
  
  
• Sdictionary for Symbian S60/S80/90/UIQ [Mobile phones]
  
  
• Symbian EPOC ER5 port
  
  

    Dictionary databases (feel free to contact me if you have an extra ones) :

• Some databases are available on Psion 5 Science site.

Links:

Viewers supporting Sdictionary file format
• JaLingvo, Java dictionary
• KTranslator, KDE application
• SdiQt, crossplatform viewer (Qtopia/Qt/Tk), mainly for Sharp Zaurus. Written in Python
• Sdict Viewer, viewer for Nokia 770 running Maemo, written in Python/GTK

Other dictionary resources
• Ptk/Gtk Dictionaries with MySQL backend
• TranSQL dictionary for Win32 with MySQL backend
• phpMyLingvo PHP dictionary with MySQL backend (converters and alternate download for dictionaries are here)
• Free DICTionarieS project
• Some russian dictionaries are here
• XDXF, Dictionary Exchange Format

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