About DictShelf¶
DictShelf (dictshelf) is a dictionary program that runs as a local web server
and is used in the browser. It searches all your dictionaries at once, in
several dictionary formats, and keeps an indexed copy of each in its library.
HTTP API¶
The web page, the browser extension and the Android app all use the same HTTP API, and so can your own programs.
Resource overrides¶
A dictionary with a broken stylesheet, script or image can be repaired without changing the dictionary file: a file in the dictionary's library folder replaces the dictionary's own.
The name¶
DictShelf is a shelf of dictionaries: one program, one library, every dictionary
you own in one search box. The command is dictshelf.
It is a fork of wudict (WuWeiDict, from wú wéi 無為, the classical Chinese term for effortless action): DictShelf keeps that program's dictionary formats, its library layout and its HTTP API, and is maintained under its own name by DmShAl.
Licence¶
DictShelf is free software under the GNU General Public License, version 3 or later.