edict OpenLab

edict is the OpenLab to discuss various topics on electronic dictionaries and to distribute related tools. Please note that most contents on this site are provided in Japanese only.

Documents

• Electronic Dictionary Information
  A list of dictionaries that can be used on UNIX environments.
• Electronic Dictionary Links
  Links to other Web sites related to electronic dictionaries.
• edict Study Session Report
  The minutes of jus (Japan UNIX Society) study session, held in July 2000, Osaka.
• The Liberty of Dictionary
  The presentation material for jus (Japan UNIX Society) study session, held in July 2000, Osaka.

Distributions

• CSRD
  CSRD is a program to look a word in the Windows version of the "Random House Dictionary" CD-ROM, published by Shogakukan Inc., at the command prompt on UNIX or MS-DOS. (Developed by Jun Ohta)
• EPWUTIL
  EPWUTIL is a set of utilities for UNIX or MS-DOS, which modifies a part of component files of an EB or EPWING book. It is useful when you want to deploy the CD-ROM dictionary (or dictionaries) on your hard disk. (Developed by Jun Ohta)
• mypaedia-fpw
  mypaedia-fpw is a program to convert "Mypaedia", a multimedia encyclopedia for Windows published by Heibonsha Limited, into EPWING compatible format. Using the generated book with Emacs and lookup, you will also be able to view and play multimedia data.
• srd-fpw
  srd-fpw is a program to convert the entries in the Windows version of "Random House Dictionary" CD-ROM into EPWING compatible format. Using the generated book with Emacs and lookup, you will also be able to view and play multimedia data.
• FPWBOOK
  This page provides various FreePWING scripts and dictionaries. FreePWING is a set of Perl modules developed by Motoyuki Kasahara, which generates a JIS X 4081 formatted e-book (JIS X 4081 is a subset of EPWING V1).
• eblook
  eblook is an interactive dictionary looking up tool using EB library.

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