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DaSilva	2009-12-15 , 08:55
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I would like to have a dictionary on the N900 and I found mDictionay (which I already use on my Nokia 5800) for Maemo. I haven't found any information for Maemo 5 (only 2008 and older) for mDictionary so my question is if it is possible to mDictionary (or another offline dictionary) on the N900? I would like to try it on my own but I think I have to wait two more weeks to get it

Thanks for help.

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HoX	2009-12-15 , 10:13
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I think that is possible to download wiktionary and browse it through the web browser offline, but I don't know how to do it.
I will search for it and if I find a solution I will let you know.

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	Tomaszd	2009-12-15 , 10:26
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There are plans to get QStarDict ported. It actually works already, I've tried, but there was a problem with detecting dictionaries last time I tried. I'll try to figure this out, I already promised the Maemo maintainer to package up some free dictionaries once he fixes the detection issue and optifies the app

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DaSilva	2009-12-15 , 11:30
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Waoh, sounds great. Thanks so far! Maybe it will be available when I get my N900

btw: Aren't you the one who needs money for a N900 Tomaszd? I saw a donate button on a blog but it didn't work (and now I don't know anymore which site)...

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mivoligo	2009-12-31 , 11:07
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QStarDict is in Extras-devel now: http://maemo.org/packages/view/qstardict/
Tomaszd have you tried that version by any chance?

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@SR	2009-12-31 , 13:15
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There will be version 0.13.2 soon and if everything goes right it will be in Extras-testing (right now it is in autobuilder build queue).
You can post bugs at https://garage.maemo.org/tracker/?group_id=1199

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DaSilva	2010-01-01 , 14:01
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That's great!
Where do I have to extract the dictionaries? I downloaded some of the dictionaries for StarDict from http://stardict.sourceforge.net/Dictionaries.php and they say you should extract them to /usr/share/stardict/dic but I am not sure if this is the correct place for QStarDict...

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filologen	2010-01-01 , 14:37
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Originally Posted by DaSilva

That's great!
Where do I have to extract the dictionaries? I downloaded some of the dictionaries for StarDict from http://stardict.sourceforge.net/Dictionaries.php and they say you should extract them to /usr/share/stardict/dic but I am not sure if this is the correct place for QStarDict...

You can put them in ~/.stardict/dic

Just create the directory if it doesn't exist.

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@SR	2010-01-01 , 17:29
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You can put dic folder wherever you want. After that add it in the stardict plugin configuration.
More detailed instruction can be found here: https://garage.maemo.org/docman/inde...&language_id=1

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raulito	2010-01-15 , 00:05
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After the newest Firmware update, I had the phone reinstall all the programing from a backup. Now the dictionary fails to work. It doesn't show a list of words. (Black) and you can't load dictionaries into it. The toolbar comes down with 4 different HELP buttons. Anyone know what is wrong with it?