To the QStarDict and MStarDict developers
 

hi,

I know you developed already your apps and it is hard to change something that fundamental at this stage.
But anyway, could you both please agree to just one folder to store the dictionary files (and common formats, that should be already a standard).
I like both programs, but I think it is pretty useless to have each dictionary twice on my N900.

Thanks.

cu AssetBurned

Re: To the QStarDict and MStarDict developers
 

You can have both applications to use the same directory for dictionaries already:
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php...530#post590530

mstardict should have ~/.mstardict.d/ also, so users could soft link it to anywhere they want.

For now, just have to accept mstardict wants its dictionaries in /home/user/MyDocs/mstardict/
But for QStarDict, you can make a softlink from that mstardict directory to /home/user/.stardict/dic

Under the subject, at the same time, I can repeat my feature request:
https://garage.maemo.org/tracker/ind...1357&atid=5027

Re: To the QStarDict and MStarDict developers
 

I agree with zimon, just would like to point out that according to http://maemo.org/packages/view/mstardict/, mstardict also reads ~/.stardict/dic, so it should be sufficient to have all dictionary files there.

Re: To the QStarDict and MStarDict developers
 

I've just tested this and can confirm that mstardict will read the dictionaries from there.

Re: To the QStarDict and MStarDict developers
 

I've already added reading dictionaries from /home/user/.stardict/dic directory to development version of mstardict, but I didn't have time to release it. I was requested by some other guy, so it will be there for sure :-)

Re: To the QStarDict and MStarDict developers
 

Where is MStarDict?

Re: To the QStarDict and MStarDict developers
 

Got it down, I spelt fremantle--- freemantle. Who can say the extent of human idiocracy? :rolleyes:

Re: To the QStarDict and MStarDict developers
 

So what is the difference with these two? I am trying to decide which to install.

Re: To the QStarDict and MStarDict developers
 

i prefer MStarDict. For me it has a better UI

Re: To the QStarDict and MStarDict developers
 

As in "better" is what way?
Thanks for response.

I read that the programming language the QStarDict is written is more advanced, if that is true or matters at all.

Re: To the QStarDict and MStarDict developers
 

The differences are technical.

mstardict is based on Hildon which is based on gtk. This was the only real platform available for the Nokia 770, and the main platform for the Nokia N800, N810, and prior to a major update (pr1.1? pr1.2?) the N900 as well.

qstardict is based on qt which was written by a company called trolltech. Nokia bought out trolltech and released a version of qt for the N800, N810, and N900.On the N900 Nokia went a step further and installed qt by default when they released a major update (it was either 1.1 or 1.2, I don't remember, but I think it was 1.1). Nokia also recommended any new application be written in qt and that future operating systems may not support Hildon programs at all.

If you've ever heard of Ubuntu and Kubuntu you can sort of think of Hildon as Ubuntu while qt is Kubuntu. Ubuntu programs may (generally) be easier to convert to Hildon while Kubuntu programs generally are built using qt or at least are built using other things that are built using qt.

Meego assumes your application is written in qt while certain Symbian phones can run qt applications. Neither OS can run a hildon application.

Qt applications can be designed and run on Windows and Linux while hildon/gtk/gnome applications are generally designed and run on a Linux OS (such as Ubuntu) but with some foresight and management can run on Windows.