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Other dictionaries?
This is actually a really nice hint. Is there any way to get it to work with other dictionaries installed? I would like to use this with dictionaries I have in German and Swedish. Also, to be able to create one of these that would route to the English Thesaurus would be nice. Is there any way to do this?
Other dictionaries?
It might be doable, if you can make your dictionaries show up in Dictionary.app, otherwise you'll have to make something that uses the app that ships with your dictionaries. The script below should be possible to rework to use against a dictionary that are pure ascii / Mac Roman / Utf-8. If you can make the app for the dictonary respond to applescript, or if it is scriptable, then you may be able to show the definition of the word in that app by a reworked copy of the script. Permission Granted! ;) However, most dictionaries are stored in xml, so I believe you would have to use an XML tool, to make a clean list of dictionary words. That is so much easier than converting from one dictionary format to another! :) Here is the script. Hopefully no parts are amiss! Tell me if it doesn't work! The script runs well from the script menu, from Quick Silver or similiar, and is great when saved as an app, so you can reach it from Spotlight. It shares the DictLogger.txt file with the Automator Service, And TextEdit! Edited on Nov 15, '12 08:19:34PM by MacUser06
Other dictionaries?
Hello. I just want to add that the icon that I display in the dialog is copyright © Apple. Inc. Edited on Nov 16, '12 06:09:10AM by MacUser06
Other dictionaries?
Thanks! I haven't had a chance to try it yet, but I just wanted to clarify that I meant add-on dictionaries for Dictionary.app, such as are mentioned in this comment. I don't know how (or if) that affects the script that you wrote, but I thought I should mention it.
Other dictionaries?
Thanks for the heads up, I'll have a second look at it. I have managed to add some dicitonaries myself. (LOLspeak, BabylonEnglish, and American Idioms.) Edited on Nov 21, '12 11:34:28AM by MacUser06
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