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Can someone write the little how-to for installation of dictionaries for QStarDict application ? (for noobs)
Please...

Hi,

after installing Qstardict on your n900,

go to

http://xdxf.revdanica.com/down2/inde...ormat=StarDict

and download the dictionaries you want.

Extract them in a folder in your pc.

Connect the n900 via usb and create a folder for the dictionaries (e.g. documents\dict)

copy all of the extracted dictionaries from the computer to the n900 folder that you just created.

disconnect the n900 from the pc and open the qstardict app.

Go to Menu\COnfigure
plugins tab
stardict (make sure a V is on its left)

and click on the wrench tool. Then click on the plus and point it the folder where you previously put the dictionaries.
go back and select the "dictionaries" tab

make sure all the dictionaries are listed and have a V (meaning they are active)

That's it

let me know if it's not clear.

Wow, thanks !
Tell me please, if I pressing the speaker icon, it's not speaking... Why ?

I have 3 files : one is *.dict.dz, one is .idx and the last .ifo.

I put the three ?

Thx

Yes... I put the 3 files too...

it say me that there no files...

It works now. Forget to displugged the USB cable

I think speaking is not supported, or the files are not those ones

MStarDict has nice simple UI. If you want to try that you will have to put your dict files in MyDocs/mstardict/ as the program currently doesn't let you specify location.

I installed it on my N8x0 and when "Go to Menu\COnfigure>plugins tab>stardict>wrench tool"...after I add the location there is no way to save my changes. The is no save option. In fact there is no way to go back to the last pop up window by closing the current window, unless you do a force close and then of course you don't get the saved changes.
It is obviously a bug, unless maybe I am missing something.

from another thread:Originally Posted by maemo.it

1) download your dictionary on your pc from: http://xdxf.revdanica.com/down2/inde...ormat=StarDict
2) uncompress it using your pc program. if you use linux, just click on file and use your relative program to uncompress it. otherwise install file roller from repos. If you use windows use winrar (or http://7-zip.org)
3) at this point, after uncompress operation, you will have a folder (in my case stardict-English_Italian-2.4.2) with 3 files inside:
English_italian.dict.dz
English_italian.idx
English_italian.ifo
4) open xterminal on your N900 and write:
mkdir /home/user/.stardict/dic/
5) copy folder inside /home/user/.stardict/dic/ directory
To do this connect your N900 to your pc as mass store and copy (by clicking your mouse) your dict folder into MyDocs folder.
After did disconnect N900 from your PC, open xterminal and digit:
cd MyDocs
mv your_dict_folder /home/user/.stardict/dic/
(eg. in my case, like before:
mv stardict-English_Italian-2.4.2 /home/user/.stardict/dic/)
that's all

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asasan wrote:

I have taken the first 4 steps. The problem is with the mv command.

mv <anyDic...> /home/user/.stardict/dic/
gives the following message:
mv: cannot preserve ownership of '/home/user/.stardict/dic/<anyDic...>' : Operation not permitted.

The scary thing for me is that the file disappears too. So I don't know if these relatively big files are just lost occupying preciouse space while my stardict doesn't work.

how can I check what is in home/user/.stardict/dic

Am I missing a parameter? or doing something else wrong?
Please help.