Linking one entry to definition of other entry?

[qwiqooq]

I have successfully created a new dictionary in StarDict format and I'm thinking of linking definitions between dictionary entries. For example, in the definition of the word "go", there is a section explaining its phrasal verb "go about". So I want to have an new entry "go about" in the dictionary, but this entry won't have any definition, instead when the user click on it, the definition of the word "go" will show.

So can anybody tell me if this is possible please? Thanks so much.

[hanyl05]

use the html tag <a href=...></a>, for instanvce

go about
<a href='go'>go</a>

[qwiqooq]

I see that when double clicking on any word in the definition area in Goldendict, the program will automatically look up this word so there's no need for a hyperlink. I still want to display the definition of one word when clicking on other word in the entry list of the program

[chulai]

I see that when double clicking on any word in the definition area in Goldendict, the program will automatically look up this word so there's no need for a hyperlink. I still want to display the definition of one word when clicking on other word in the entry list of the program

Hi, I'm not familiar with the Stardict format but my guess is that you need to create a synonym file as explained here.
Another option is to use the DSL format which is a text format so you can use whatever text editor you want without need for compilation.

[qwiqooq]

I have tried for the .syn file but it's still not what I need so I think I will have to find another way around. Thank you so much for your help

BTW here is my little script to parse the .idx file by PHP if anyone should needs it.

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$handle = @fopen("input_file.idx", "rb");

$index = array();
$i = 0;
while (!feof($handle))
{
   $word = stream_get_line($handle, 65535, "\x00");
   $bytes = stream_get_line($handle, 8);
   if (strlen($bytes) == 8)
   {
      $position = current(unpack("N", substr($bytes, 0, 4)));
      $size = current(unpack("N", substr($bytes, 4, 4)));
      $index[$word] = array("entry" => $i, "position" => $position, "size" => $size);
      $i++;
   } else
   {
      break;
   }
}
fclose($handle);

echo "<pre>";
print_r($index);
echo "</pre>";

[litingtingsmile]

I think it is possible.