tudien/bin

Introduction

These tools convert text files in the format worddefinitions into .mobi dictionaries for Amazon Kindle with a focus for Vietnamese dictionaries.

Steps

1. Install Python 3.x
2. Create/update definition file (like dict/TudienAnhVietBeta.txt)
3. Run createhtml.bat to create .html files (actually OPF format for ebook) using Python program tab2opf.py
4. Run createmobi.bat to create Kindle dictionary files using Amazon tools mobigen.exe. Output files are in ../dict folder above

For programmers

Create new environment in Python 3

python -m venv c:\path\to\myenv

Activate

c:\path\to\myenv\Scripts\activate.bat

Create list of packages

pip freeze > requirements.txt

Install list of packages

pip install -r requirements.txt

Create executable

pyinstaller -F python_main.py

English inflections

In order to generate inflections (words form for plurals, verb tenses, etc.) for English, you need to run Python program create_english_inflections.py. That needs pattern library. The easiest way to install it is to use Anaconda which comes with hundreds modules.