Thread: New FBReader build in Extras-Devel
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Rob1n is offline Rob1n
2010-11-18 , 22:27
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Originally Posted by gsever View Post
Integrating with QStardict would be great. Alternatively, showing a small popup window with a definition of highlighted word in the text. It would save me typing the word all the time in QStardict when I really want to know what authors really mean.
QStardict will search from the command line, so this should be straightforward to integrate. Unfortunately, it doesn't handle being launched again if it's already running, so this'll cause some complications.

I'm looking into adding RPC support (which is the cleaner way to do this) into MStarDict - I've got a basic version working, but I need to get it all cleaned up and add a couple more features. If that works okay, I'll take a look at QStardict as well - then it'll depend on whether the developers will include the patches. I also need to check on whether I can define multiple dictionaries in the config file.

Originally Posted by geneven View Post
--I set my copy of FBReader so that it opens in library view. From there, it's hard at first to figure out how to search the net for a book. You have to open a specific book before you see the globe, which is what you click on to search the net.
I'll look at the implications of allowing it to be launched from either view.

Originally Posted by geneven View Post
--With my usual luck, when I went to download Persuasion, I had two identical choices for the same book (see attached screenshot). I picked the second one and it turned out to be Persuasion in French, not what I had in mind. I easily deleted it and downloaded the first one, which was the English version.
I'll have a look at whether this is information that's accessible via the API - showing the language would certainly be useful.