StarDict for Debian ------------------- StarDict is an international dictionary that runs in GNOME 2 environment. It has powerful features such as "Glob-style pattern matching", "Scan selection word", "Fuzzy query", etc. Dictionary The official site of StarDict (http://stardict.sourceforge.net/) provides many converted dictionaries, including English<->Chinese, Gemany<->English and French<->English. However, the dictionary files are split out from this package because of license issues. You can download them from http://stardict.sourceforge.net/Dictionaries.php and extract to the directory /usr/share/stardict/dic. Phonetic Symbol If stardict fails to display the phonetic symbol, install the package ttf-freefont or ttf-thryomanes. Convertion Tools StarDict also provide a set of convertion tools which can convert the dictionaries from other software to StarDict format. You can find them in the package stardict-tools. Dictionary Format You can find a brief description of Stardict dictionary format in /usr/share/doc/stardict/StarDictFileFormat.gz Created by Roy Hiu-yeung Chan , Wed, 25 Feb 2004 20:06:02 +0800 Last modified by Anthony Wong , Mon Aug 28 2006 16:56:49 +0800