NAME

       qstardict - a Qt dictionary

DESCRIPTION

       QStarDict  is  a StarDict clone written with Qt. The user interface is similar to StarDict. You can start
       QStarDict from the menu or by running the qstardict command.

TRANSLATION REFORMATTING AND ABBREVIATION EXPANSION

       QStarDict can reformat translations and expand dictionary abbreviations. For example this translation:

       1> First _val. of _w. 2> Second _val. of _w. ...

       can be shown as

       1. Fist value of word
       2. Second value of word
       3. ...

       But reformatting and expanding takes additional CPU time. If the translation reformatting and instant search are both turned on this can decrease QStarDict performance.

DICTIONARIES

       Dictionaries  for  StarDict  plugin  are  in  StarDict  format  and  by  default  must  be  placed   into
       /usr/share/stardict/dic or ~/.stardict/dic directories. A dictionary must consist of three files:

        - .dict[.dz] file - main dictionary file
        - .idx - index file
        - .ifo - description file

       These files must be placed together in one directory.

PRONOUNCING PROGRAMS

       QStarDict  can  pronounce  words  using external program when popup window is shown. You must set a voice
       program to pronounce text from stdin. By default this is festival with --tts option.

D-BUS

       QStarDict supports D-Bus message bus. List of available methods:

       void org.qstardict.dbus.showPopup(QString text)
       void org.qstardict.dbus.showTranslation(QString text)
       QString org.qstardict.dbus.translate(QString text)
       QString org.qstardict.dbus.translateHtml(QString text)
       QDBusVariant org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Get(QString interface_name, QString property_name)
       void          org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Set(QString interface_name,          QString property_name,
       QDBusVariant value)
       QString org.freedesktop.DBus.Introspectable.Introspect()

       List of available properties:

       readwrite int org.qstardict.dbus.mainWindowVisible

       You can call these methods from your applications or by using the qdbus program.  This command

       qdbus org.qstardict.dbus /qstardict org.qstardict.dbus.showPopup "text"

       will show a QStarDict popup window with a translation of the "text".

       If you want to show/hide QStarDict window using keyboard shortcuts you must bind the following command to a shortcut:

       qdbus org.qstardict.dbus /qstardict org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Set \
       org.qstardict.dbus mainWindowVisible \
       $(( ! $(qdbus org.qstardict.dbus /qstardict \
       org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Get org.qstardict.dbus mainWindowVisible)))

HOMEPAGE

       QStarDict website ⟨http://qstardict.ylsoftware.com⟩

AUTHOR

       QStarDict was written by Alexander Rodin <rodin.alexander@gmail.com>.

       This  manual page was written by Alexander Rodin <rodin.alexander@gmail.com>, for the Debian project (but
       may be used by others).

SEE ALSO

       stardict(1) sdcv(1) qdbus(1)

                                                January 24, 2018                                    QSTARDICT(1)