I have installed and opened MStardict but it says No dictionary loaded.what to do?
MStardict or any other dictionary app is like a shell or a house, there is no content in it yet.
You may find many dictionaries on internet for download and they are all zip files. You download those zip files into your computer and then unzip them. Connect your phone to the computer and select "Mass Storage Mode" on your phone. You should find a MStardict folder in the phone memory. Copy the unzipped dictionary folder and paste it in the MStardict folder. After that, open the MStardict app., go to setting and check the dictionary.
In the time it took all of us to write our posts, even a moderately computer savvy individual would still not understand. Last time I checked it was considered socially uncool to install an application and then have to consult a forum just to understand how it works.
So... Lets take a look shall we...
Menu -> Download Dictionaries.
Great, you get to visit a website with a long (very long) list of illogically arranged and named files. Pick something that approaches your language of interest and save it to (Where do I save it? It doesn't say?) MyDocs/mstardict as per the link filled with vague instructions that you posted.
Check back in the application, oh, what's this? No dictionary listed. Hmmm. This is where most people would rightfully give up and complain. The savvy user might think "Hmmm, maybe I need to uncompress it?" Lets do that then.
Excellent, tar doesn't understand much of anything - good old busybox.
apt-get install bzip2
bunzip2 <file.tar.bz2>
tar xvf <file.tar>
Back we go to mstardict - great, still no dictionaries. The savvy user would probably be correct to give up at this point and write off mstardict as a useless waste of space.
Hmmm, RTFM is pretty uncool, worse when no help exists. Period.
Back to that thread you posted.
I get to page 5 before it dawns on me that XDXF (the default dictionary download) format does not work and I have to change the pull down menu to stardict. Yay, the one key piece of information missing from pretty much every guide and I have to visit some forum on the net just to dredge it up in the back pages.
So, download again... mstardict has no idea what tar.bz2 is, so it still doesn't work, give up, or savvy user decompress, extract...
Finally the dictionary shows up in the list.
Easy right?
Wrong.
So, thanks for the help, but it wasn't very helpful, it was just a link to a bunch more links and pictures that provide no useful information.
In the time it took all of us to write our posts, even a moderately computer savvy individual would still not understand. Last time I checked it was considered socially uncool to install an application and then have to consult a forum just to understand how it works.
So... Lets take a look shall we...
Menu -> Download Dictionaries.
Great, you get to visit a website with a long (very long) list of illogically arranged and named files. Pick something that approaches your language of interest and save it to (Where do I save it? It doesn't say?) MyDocs/mstardict as per the link filled with vague instructions that you posted.
Check back in the application, oh, what's this? No dictionary listed. Hmmm. This is where most people would rightfully give up and complain. The savvy user might think "Hmmm, maybe I need to uncompress it?" Lets do that then.
Excellent, tar doesn't understand much of anything - good old busybox.
apt-get install bzip2
bunzip2 <file.tar.bz2>
tar xvf <file.tar>
Back we go to mstardict - great, still no dictionaries. The savvy user would probably be correct to give up at this point and write off mstardict as a useless waste of space.
Hmmm, RTFM is pretty uncool, worse when no help exists. Period.
Back to that thread you posted.
I get to page 5 before it dawns on me that XDXF (the default dictionary download) format does not work and I have to change the pull down menu to stardict. Yay, the one key piece of information missing from pretty much every guide and I have to visit some forum on the net just to dredge it up in the back pages.
So, download again... mstardict has no idea what tar.bz2 is, so it still doesn't work, give up, or savvy user decompress, extract...
Finally the dictionary shows up in the list.
Easy right?
Wrong.
So, thanks for the help, but it wasn't very helpful, it was just a link to a bunch more links and pictures that provide no useful information.
Actually i think `savvy users` go for windows, maybe iphone or android etc. So they pay up for stuff, and don't have to think of technical part of installation process. N900 is clearly a bit nuts to go for, and i knew that, from reading this site mainly, until i bought n900 instead of android.
In the time it took all of us to write our posts, even a moderately computer savvy individual would still not understand. Last time I checked it was considered socially uncool to install an application and then have to consult a forum just to understand how it works.
So... Lets take a look shall we...
Menu -> Download Dictionaries.
Great, you get to visit a website with a long (very long) list of illogically arranged and named files. Pick something that approaches your language of interest and save it to (Where do I save it? It doesn't say?) MyDocs/mstardict as per the link filled with vague instructions that you posted.
Check back in the application, oh, what's this? No dictionary listed. Hmmm. This is where most people would rightfully give up and complain. The savvy user might think "Hmmm, maybe I need to uncompress it?" Lets do that then.
Excellent, tar doesn't understand much of anything - good old busybox.
apt-get install bzip2
bunzip2 <file.tar.bz2>
tar xvf <file.tar>
Back we go to mstardict - great, still no dictionaries. The savvy user would probably be correct to give up at this point and write off mstardict as a useless waste of space.
Hmmm, RTFM is pretty uncool, worse when no help exists. Period.
Back to that thread you posted.
I get to page 5 before it dawns on me that XDXF (the default dictionary download) format does not work and I have to change the pull down menu to stardict. Yay, the one key piece of information missing from pretty much every guide and I have to visit some forum on the net just to dredge it up in the back pages.
So, download again... mstardict has no idea what tar.bz2 is, so it still doesn't work, give up, or savvy user decompress, extract...
Finally the dictionary shows up in the list.
Easy right?
Wrong.
So, thanks for the help, but it wasn't very helpful, it was just a link to a bunch more links and pictures that provide no useful information.
Right on Bro! It seems these "Smart Dummies" like to gravitate to a post where a individual is in need..., only to say something useless and devoid of what the thread is design for. Kinda reminds me of a wealthy man in a yacht giving a bottle of water to a man in the sea drowning yelling for help because he can't swim! Useless! If you don't have anything productive to say or contribute on this thread..., just don't exist here on it!
Ok guys really ? Instead of helping you just point him to threads that have dozens of pages or write long rants ?
Here is what you need to do
1. Download the dictionaries from the link that is given in the app, try Google search on your PC
2. When you have desired archives just use WinRar to decompress them into separate folders
3. On N900 there is a MyDocs folder , that's the one that opens when you use file manager. Create a folder named mstardict
5. Copy each folder via mass storage mode to that folder
6. Viola it works
Ok guys really ? Instead of helping you just point him to threads that have dozens of pages or write long rants ?
Here is what you need to do
1. Download the dictionaries from the link that is given in the app, try Google search on your PC
2. When you have desired archives just use WinRar to decompress them into separate folders
3. On N900 there is a MyDocs folder , that's the one that opens when you use file manager. Create a folder named mstardict
5. Copy each folder via mass storage mode to that folder
6. Viola it works
And you've forgotten the crucial information that the dictionaries must be in stardict format, not XDXF.
