Re: [dict-beta] Charset range utf8

[Michael B. <bu...@im...>]

> > The current FreeDict-dictd-database-format-converter (whose output
> > never made
> > it into a release) creates two index entries - one with hyphens and
> > one
> > without, so it doesn't have to bother which index variant has to go
> > with or
> > without them. Maybe you can use it for some inspiration (it is
> > written in
> > perl). FreeDict also has a test script,
> Where do I find these scripts? They might help me testing.

http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/freedict/tools/
Especially xmltei2xmldict.pl and its modules.

> ... having "-", "." and & working in entries is
> quite nice.

Why?

> Using allchars seems to be no alternative for languages
> like Punjabi, Bulgarian or Vietnamese. The raw files are just
> delivered to me as UTF8.

I made a reversely indexed English-Hindi dictionary (ie. effectively a 
Hindi-English dictionary). It seems to be usable, whether it is generated 
with our without "allchars". What is the problem?

Michael