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 gadict dictionaries set.

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About.

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I create and update these dictionaries when learn English.

They was covered by lesser possible usage restriction: Public domain.

I check spelling and translation of most words with old learning books and

sometimes with free dictionaries.

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 standards.

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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