gcide-converter

Convert GCIDE XML Data To Slob Format (used in Aard 2)

What's this?

GCIDE, short for GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English, is a great and open dictionary derived from Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), which is valuable even if many definitions are old from today's perspective.

The XML format of GCIDE data is available on http://www.ibiblio.org/webster/ , the latest version is 0.51. It's our task to produce slob format of GCIDE, needed by Aard 2, from XML.

Now, we complete this task in this repo.

Dependencies

• JDK 7+
• Maven 3.0+
• GNU/Linux or *BSD (Because we need patch utility)

Build

$ mkdir /tmp/gcide-build && cd /tmp/gcide-build
$ git clone https://github.com/darkgeek/gcide-converter
$ wget -c http://www.ibiblio.org/webster/gcide_xml-0.51.zip && unzip gcide_xml-0.51.zip
$ cd /tmp/gcide-build/gcide_xml-0.51/xml_files/ 
$ patch < /tmp/gcide-build/gcide-converter/files/patch-gcide-f.xml
$ patch < /tmp/gcide-build/gcide-converter/files/patch-gcide.xml
$ cd /tmp/gcide-build/gcide-converter && mvn clean package

Run

$ cd /tmp/gcide-build/gcide_xml-0.51/xml_files/
$ java -jar /tmp/gcide-build/gcide-converter/target/gcide-converter-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar # It'll generate a `dict_creator.py` python script
$ # Install and setup a slob working environment by following this guide: https://github.com/itkach/slob/blob/master/README.org
$ python dict_creator.py # It'll produce a file named `gcide.slob` in current directory

If you see the file gcide.slob in /tmp/gcide-build/gcide_xml-0.51/xml_files/, then fine, it's what we need. You could move it to your Aard dictionary directory.

Troubleshooting

Q: Help! I get GC overhead limit exceeded error when I run the gcide-converter-xxx.jar file!

A: Add option -Xmx to enlarge the heap space in JVM, like this:

java -Xmx1024m -jar /tmp/gcide-build/gcide-converter/target/gcide-converter-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar

Contribution

Whenever you see a bug or something wrong, don't hesitate to open an issue or send a PR.

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