Two must-have programs to port
 

I have been using the following two programs that I am sure would be useful for many if not most folks. I am not a programmer, so can't port it but since both programs are written in (on?) QT, I presume it is possible to port them to maemo, right? Could somebody with know-how take a look at both.

Golden Dict (the stardict killer!, the perfect dictionary program under constant heavy development, the developer is amazing)

http://goldendict.berlios.de/

toMOTko (a flashcard application for Zaurus, Windows, Linux) I have been using this app on my Z for about three years now. I can't live without it. Learning words has not been easier.

http://tomotko.sourceforge.net/

Re: Two must-have programs to port
 

I'm working on goldendict

Re: Two must-have programs to port
 

I am just curious, have you just started or you have already been working on it for a while? I wonder how known Golden Dict is in the community.

BTW, most of the discussion on the GoldenDict forum is in Russian; however, the developer is fluent in English. If you need help with the Russian text on that forum you can ask me.

Re: Two must-have programs to port
 

This is the first time I heard of it :)

But it seems pretty cool and it appears to work even without any changes to source. I haven't tried it yet with the device though

Re: Two must-have programs to port
 

It is cool. It does not have its own format; however it supports most of the existing popular formats (there are potentially more supported formats in the future, like XDXF, EPWING). This gives access to thousands of available dictionaries.

There are a bunch of features under the hood; however, you have to hunt for their description on the forum because there is no user documentation yet.

Re: Two must-have programs to port
 

OK, GoldenDict is now in extras-devel. You can test it from there, just remember to disable extras-devel after installing goldendict.

It doesn't have any modifications. Post your comments here and maybe something (maemo related) can be improved.

Re: Two must-have programs to port
 

It works! N810 takes longer to index a large dictionary but once it's done it works like a charm (I have asked the developer if it is possible to preindex a dictionary on a desktop and then just copy the index file together with a dictionary; let's see what he says). Some of the windows are made for a larger screen but they are still usable.

Now, who would be willing to port toMOTko? It has a large collection of study lists (Japanese, etc.)

Re: Two must-have programs to port
 

Hi,

I'm the main developer of toMOTko. Unfortunately, I know nothing about Maemo. If I can help in anything in order to port the application to this system, I would be welcome to do so.

Could someone try to compile the application? You should use the qt4 branch of the code. It's available via svn here:

Tell me if it works or no, please.

Re: Two must-have programs to port
 

What makes Golden Dict so much better than StarDict?

Re: Two must-have programs to port
 

The small interface font ;)