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| Revision 0.0.1 | Wed Feb 18 2004 | PG |
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Literal inclusions, and references to The GFDL and GPL2 removed. Some article level divisions moved to Chapter level. Grouped into Parts. XML / SGML sections developed. Editors section added. | ||
| Revision 0.0.3 | Wed Mar 24 2004 | PG, MB |
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First Patches Applied. Now on Site CVS. Added links for Dictd and Serpento. Cleaned up Index Items. Rewrote manual install locations. | ||
| Revision 0.0.4 | Sat Jul 03 2004 | MB |
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Renamed dict2xml.py into dict2tei.py, added example dictfmt command | ||
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Added some DocBook style customisations. Most notably the long XML listings now stand out by having a different background. Shortened TOC (2 levels, no list of examples). Added sections on CVS and Makefile.common, making the TOC unbalanced. Spellchecked. Extended description of supported elements in TEI header and entries. The XHTML version now uses a CSS stylesheet to make usage of a serifless font. | ||
| Revision 0.0.6 | Sat Apr 15 2005 | MB |
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Less chunking. Sections on Build System and Quality/Growing a Dictionary. | ||
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Added section about bedic platform. | ||
FreeDict Dictionaries
This document describes how to build, install and improve FreeDict project dictionaries. It is aimed at developers rather than end users and was written from the point of view of a GNU/Linux based platform. Generally the information should be portable across any open operating system. The approach is reasonably comprehensive. Information is given on installation issues, XML basics, editor selection/setup, developer tools etc.
The bait is the means to get the fish where you want it,
catch the fish and you forget the bait.
The snare is the means to get the rabbit where you want it,
catch the rabbit and forget the snare.
Words are the means to get the idea where you want it,
catch on to the idea and you forget about the words.
Where shall I find a man who forgets about words, and have a word with him?