>>>> For example, as per goldendict dictionaries tab: >>>> goldendict-wordnet => Total Words: 148730 >>>> dict-wn => Total Words: 147311
I think that some articles could not be exported to dict-wn database, so 147311 < 148730. > OK, understood. >> Maybe it is because of the format the databases are generated in, even if >> they >> are generated from the same source. > I admit I have no idea about goldendict at all. Dmitry E. Oboukhov is > responsible for the creation of the binary package as well for the code > that does the format conversion. > If the goldendict binary is able to > cope with dict format as well I'm tempted to drop this package and the > according Ruby code which I do not understand and which had created > trouble in the past. Dmitry, could you please comment on this? The script (converter) was written by goldendict contributor. Goldendict can't use wordnet database directly, so I think that current way is the easiest variant to use wordnet in goldendict. PS: We live in the 21 st century, so is it really worth exerting oneself for saving a couple of dozens megabytes in repository (not at the user's hard disk)? -- . ''`. Dmitry E. Oboukhov : :’ : email: un...@debian.org jabber://un...@uvw.ru `. `~’ GPGKey: 1024D / F8E26537 2006-11-21 `- 1B23 D4F8 8EC0 D902 0555 E438 AB8C 00CF F8E2 6537
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