GoldenDict Forum

Yesterday, the coder of Mdict (a program just like GoldenDict) has opened in public its opensource codes!
So I think maybe Goldendict can add this form of dictionaries (.mdx / .mdd / .css).
Truly there are many original dictionaries in this form which supports fully html.


https://bitbucket.org/raymanzhang/mdict-android-opensource/

raymanzhang / mdict-android-opensource http://mdict.cn/ compare
MDict for Android. You need IntelliJ IDEA to open and build the project.
Clone this repository (size: 2.6 MB): HTTPS / SSH
$ git clone https://bitbucket.org/raymanzhang/mdict ... source.git

forget it... because it's not the core codes.

The part which works with .mdx files is distributed as a closed-source .so library.

but other dictionary apps,such as colordict,seederdict,they also can read .mdx format.

Now that desktop version of GoldenDict supports Mdict (mdd/mdx), it would be nice for Android version to do that as well.

Yes!!!! Looking forward for the support of Mdict dics!!!

I can't really use GPL-licensed code in the mobile version, unless it's my own one. That would mean reimplementing MDX support from scratch. I might get to it, but the existing support in GD may only serve as a file format reference in this case.

Hmm, indeed.

Well, another option is to open-source GoldenDict for Android, then you'd be able to incorporate AARD, Sdict and MDX support that is already in desktop version.

I'll be very happy if the mobile version support Mdict format.
For now, there are several programma on Android support this format, including Mdict / Bluedict / Eudic / ...

ikm wrote:I can't really use GPL-licensed code in the mobile version

can you take such code out of main apk? similar problem is solved in DeaDBeeF Player but reversely: the player is GPL'ed but some formats are taken out in plugin.