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The dictionary file looks ok now.

You are fast in making those changes

After "DictionaryGeneration" you need to run "JarCreator" from DfM-Creator. And then you are done (i.e. you can use the Jar-file e.g. in DfM for Android).

Decompile "Merriam Webster"? The screenshot is from Duden, right?

From a quick look the configuration in DfM-Creator seems ok for me.

Still, in the dictionary strings such as "<c>", "<blockquote>" and "&lt" need to be replaced in column 2. DictionaryForMIDs does not know any of these strings and when you use the dictionary then this will be displayed as plain text.

When you convert the dictionary from the source, you need to convert/filter strings like "<c>", "<blockquote>", ...

Regards,
Gert

Hmmm, that is probably something that should be looked at by Karim (the developer of DfM-Creator).

You simple could set it to 1 for language1; this should not disturb.

Regards,
Gert

language1 (= column 1) does not have content declarations -> Language-1 number of content declarations = 0
language2 (= column 2) does have content declarations -> Language-2 number of content declarations = 2 or 3 (or other value)

Strings such as "<c>", "<blockquote>" and "&lt" need to be replaced in column 2.

Regards,
Gert

Example from your last screenshot:

Source:
[ b][c blue]Abartung[/c][/b]

Convert for DfM to:
[01Abartung]

To make "Abartung" bold and blue (assuming it is the column for language2):
language2Content01FontStyle:bold
language2Content01FontColour:0,0,255



Here is the complete example from http://dictionarymid.sourceforge.net/DfM-Creator/newdictContent.html:

Content tags for the dictionaries

In the dictionaries the content parts are marked with the following syntax:

Each content has a start delimiter at the beginning and an end delimiter at the end.

Start delimiter:
[NN
where NN is the content number. This needs to be a two-digit number !

End delimiter:
]

To use a [ or ] character in the text (without content syntax) a \ (backslash) must be prepended:  \[ and \]
A newline-character is \n and a tab-character is \t

Here is an example for a language2 column:

dictionary [01dikshionari] [02noun] [03\nA book that contains translations for words.]
(Content numbers are boldfaced only for didactical purposes)
In that example the following properties are declared:

language2Content01DisplayText:contentPronunciation
language2Content02DisplayText:contentGrammaticalCategory
language2Content03DisplayText:contentNotes


Contents can also be nested. Example:

dictionary [01dikshionari] [03\nA book that contains translations for words. [02noun]\nAlso exists in electronic form]

1.  merriam webster
Say, what do you mean by "convert it back to txt"? Does this mean how to convert it in a format that is readable by DfM-Creator ("Input CSV file").


2. Italics etc.
You can define italics etc. via the Contents. From http://dictionarymid.sourceforge.net/DfM-Creator/newdictContent.html:

languageXContentNNFontStyle
Defines the font style for the content. Allowed values are provided in the ComboBoxes as follows:
bold
italic
underlined
plain

Examples from the screen-shot:

language1Content01FontStyle:plain
language1Content02FontStyle:italic

language2Content01FontStyle:bold
language2Content02FontStyle:italic

language3Content01FontStyle:underlined
language3Content02FontStyle:bold

This property is optional, the default value is plain.

The DfM format is documented in our web pages:
You could look at
http://dictionarymid.sourceforge.net/DfM-Creator/index.html, there "Complete Documentation"
http://dictionarymid.sourceforge.net/DfM-Creator/newdict.html
And for tags: http://dictionarymid.sourceforge.net/DfM-Creator/newdictContent.html

Duden, I assume, would be copyrighted material and could not be made available for public download (the licensing conditions would tell more).

Regards,
Gert

I just had a look at the screenshot.

I guess it is not easy to convert this dictionary for DictionaryForMIDs. What words/expression does it lookup? I mean, is it for looking up expressions such as "anders denkende". How is such an expression identified? Is it following a newline/carriage return?

Well, some preprocessing will certainly be required: the tags such as <blockquote> or <c> would need to be converted into something that is understood by DictionaryForMIDs (some "content" there).

In total I think, yes it will be possible to convert this dictionary for DictionaryForMIDs, but it will be some effort.

Besides, what 'dictionary' is it?

Regards,
Gert

Please, just give us some further information. For example, can you give us a few lines from the .dictd input file? Maybe also a few lines from the generated dictionary-outputfiles.

Thanks,
Gert

Achim will certainly be able to answer this question. I did contact him on this.

Gert

I just tested the current WebApp with an iPad Air 2, iOS 9.3.1: works fine!

Gert

I am currently doing some cleanup on the web pages.

Will inform you about the progress.

Regards,
Gert

A minor point for improvement: would it be possible to include the name of the dictionary in the title (the text that is shown in the tab of the browser). Hmmm, where does the dictionary name come from ? How did we do that for JavaME and Android ? I mean something like "English - German (Freedict)".

Also it would be nice to be able to display dictionary.infoText which contains information about the dictionary.

With best greetings,
Gert

Now also the multilingual dictionary does start fine for me !

About that 'warning message' (which states that the dictionary will be downloaded what may cause cost on a non-flatrate mobile connection): would that be possible to include that message for the 'final' version ?

Best greetings,
Gert

The bilingual dictionary looks nice !

Side note: when I had my first look at the new version then there was an error; I think maybe because an old version was still in the app cache; after reloading the bilingual dictionary the problem was gone. Maybe if you incremented the "Version" in the file cache_mini_hmi_files.manifest, then that problem would not occur.

About the Multilingual: that dictionary does not work for me: there is a message "Dear user ... flat rate ..."; also when proceeding with yes then the application is closed; maybe this is also because there is still an old version in the app cache of my browser ?

With best greetings,
Gert