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 gadict HACKING guide.

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Comment syntax convention.

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As 'dictd -c5' format does not support comment syntax we filter out all

lines that start with '#'.

Register gadict dictionaries for dictd under Debian.

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::

  $ su

  $ cat >>etc/dictd/dictd.order <<EOF

  gadict-dictabbr

  /home/user/usr/share/dictd/

  $ dictdconfig --write

  $ /etc/init.d/dictd restart

  $ ^D

  $ dictdconfig --list

  $ dict -d gadict-dictabbr v

IPA chars.

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Hare list of spetial IPA chars (code present in UTF-8 encoding):

  θʃŋʧðʒæıʌʊɒɛəɑɜɔˌˈːˑṃṇḷ

  æɑɒʌәєŋvθðʃʒɚːɡˏˊˋ

You can copy/paste they in phonetic string.

TODO

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            Front       Central     Back

         long  short long  short long  short

  Close   iː    ɪ                 uː    ʊ

  Mid           e     ɜː    ə     ɔː

  Open          æ           ʌ     ɑː    ɒ

      Diphthong          Triphthong

  Closing    Centring

   /eɪ/       /ɪə/        /aɪə/

   /aɪ/       /eə/        /ɑʊə/

   /ɔɪ/       /ʊə/

   /əʊ/

   /aʊ/

Old vs. new transcription.

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From "Better English pronunciation."::

  Old  iː i e ɔː u uː ei ou ai au ɔi æ ɔ ʌ əː ɑː iə ɛə uə ə

  New  iː ɪ e ɔː ʊ uː eɪ əʊ aɪ aʊ ɔɪ æ ɒ ʌ ɜː ɑː ɪə eə ʊə ə

Also from wikipedia::

  Old  æ e əː ʌɪ ɑʊ ɛə

  New  a ɛ ɜː aɪ aʊ eə

Emacs.

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For entering IPA chars use IPA input method. To enable it type::

  C-u C-\ ipa <enter>

All chars from alphabet typed as usual. To type special IPA chars use next key

bindings.

For vowel::

  æ ae

  ɑ o| (small letter o and ) or A (upper letter A)

  ɒ |o () or /A

  ʊ U (upper-letter-u)

  ɛ /3 (slash three)

  ɔ /c

  ə /e

  ʌ /v

  ɪ I

For consonant::

  θ th

  ð dh

  ʃ sh

  ʒ zh or 3

  ŋ ng

  ɡ g

Special chars::

  ː : (semicolon)

  ˈ ' (quote)

  ˌ ` (back quote)