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 gadict dictionaries set.

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How install/uninstall?

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To install in /usr/local/ run::

  $ make install

If you want install in different place run::

  $ make install prefix=PREFIX

If you install in nonstandard place and wont use dictionary for current user

run::

  $ make prefix=PREFIX install install-local-symlink

To uninstall run one command from list accordingly to installation procedure::

  $ make uninstall

  $ make uninstall prefix=PREFIX

  $ make prefix=PREFIX uninstall uninstall-local-symlink

Dictionary source file format.

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For source file format used dictd C5 file format. See::

  $ man 1 dictfmt

Shortly:

 * Headwords preceded by 5 or more underscore characters ``_`` and a

   blank line.

 * All text until the next headword is considered the definition.

 * Any leading ``@`` characters are stripped out, but the file is

   otherwise unchanged.

For convenience also used such assumptions:

 * Headwords separated by ``;<SPACE>`` (and all was placed on single

   line).

 * UTF-8 encoding was used.

 * Lines started with ``#`` striped out (comment syntax).

 * First line with ``ABOUT:`` used as description of dictionary.

 * First URL (line with ``http://``) used as dictionary home page.

World wide dictionary formats and standarts.

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  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionary_writing_system

                Dictionary writing system

  http://www.sil.org/computing/shoebox/mdf.html

                Multi-Dictionary Formatter (MDF). It defines about 100 data

                field markers.

  http://fieldworks.sil.org/flex/

                FieldWorks Language Explorer (or FLEx, for short) is designed

                to help field linguists perform many common language

                documentation and analysis tasks.

  http://code.google.com/p/lift-standard/

                LIFT (Lexicon Interchange FormaT) is an XML format for storing

                lexical information, as used in the creation of dictionaries.

                It's not necessarily the format for your lexicon.

  http://www.lexiquepro.com/

                Lexique Pro is an interactive lexicon viewer and editor, with

                hyperlinks between entries, category views, dictionary

                reversal, search, and export tools. It's designed to display

                your data in a user-friendly format so you can distribute it

                to others.

  http://deb.fi.muni.cz/index.php

                DEBII — Dictionary Editor and Browser

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)