The latest articles on DEV Community by Jason Cravens (@jaaayson). https://dev.to/jaaayson https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F1244593%2F6aeba2ce-6f38-45d0-96fa-b06741dd0dfd.png https://dev.to/jaaayson en Jason Cravens Mon, 13 May 2024 21:15:36 +0000 https://dev.to/jaaayson/stardict-dictionary-for-your-terminal-3655 https://dev.to/jaaayson/stardict-dictionary-for-your-terminal-3655 <p>On most repositories, there's <code>sdcv</code>, the <a href="https://linux.die.net/man/1/sdcv" rel="noopener noreferrer">console version</a> of <a href="https://stardict-4.sourceforge.net/index_en.php" rel="noopener noreferrer">StarDict</a> program.<br>Freely available <a href="https://tuxor1337.frama.io/firedict/dictionaries.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">dictionaries in StarDict format</a> for offline use.</p> <p>Use <a href="https://pypi.org/project/html2text/" rel="noopener noreferrer">html2text</a> to correct the dictionary's HTML output for reading at the console.</p> <p>Set up an <a href="https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-create-bash-aliases/" rel="noopener noreferrer">alias</a> for easy lookup.</p> <p>For example, this alias would setup french definition's:<br> </p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight shell"><code>sdcvfr<span class="o">()</span> <span class="o">{</span> sdcv <span class="nt">--data-dir</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">"/path/to/french_file"</span> <span class="nt">--non-interactive</span> <span class="s2">"</span><span class="nv">$1</span><span class="s2">"</span> | html2text <span class="nt">--ignore-emphasis</span> <span class="o">}</span> <span class="nb">alias </span><span class="nv">sdf</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'sdcvfr'</span> </code></pre> </div> <p>Now, just type: <code>sdf développeur</code></p> <p>Any language, instantly, with a single command!</p> tutorial productivity linux software