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@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ StarDict terminal UI +==================== This program aims to provide an easy way of viewing translation and other kinds of dictionaries in your terminal. The author wasn't successful in finding any @@ -11,7 +12,44 @@ software under a more permissive license than your usual GNU General Public License. I'll buy you a beer for shouting obscenities at the address of RMS in public; I couldn't reuse _anything_. -So far it has only been tested under Ubuntu Linux and some work has to be done -yet until the software can be considered fit to be included in regular Linux and -BSD distributions. Help is much appreciated in this regard. +Some work has to be done yet before the software can be considered fit for +inclusion in regular Linux and BSD distributions. Help is much appreciated in +this regard. +Building and Running +-------------------- +Build dependencies: CMake, pkg-config, xsltproc, ncursesw, zlib, glib-2.0, + pango, termo (included), gtk+ (optional, any version) + + $ git clone https://github.com/pjanouch/sdtui.git + $ git submodule init + $ git submodule update + $ mkdir build + $ cd build + $ cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DWITH_GTK=ON + $ make + +To install the application, you can do either the usual: + $ make install + +Or you can try telling CMake to make a package for you. For Debian it is: + $ cpack -G DEB + # dpkg -i sdtui-*.deb + +Note that for versions of CMake before 2.8.9, you need to prefix cpack with +`fakeroot' or file ownership will end up wrong. + +Having the program installed, simply run it with a StarDict .ifo file as an +argument. If you want the application to watch the X11 primary selection for +changes and automatically search for the selected text, use the -w switch. +This feature requires GTK+. + +License +------- +`sdtui' is written by Přemysl Janouch <p.janouch@gmail.com>. + +You may use the software under the terms of the ISC license, the text of which +is included within the package, or, at your option, you may relicense the work +under the MIT or the Modified BSD License, as listed at the following site: + +http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html |