tuidict is a keyboard-driven dictionary application with a text user interface.
It uses dictionaries from FreeDict, giving users access to multiple language pairs without building a dictionary collection manually. Dictionaries are downloaded from inside the application and then stored locally for repeated use. The interface is split into translation, dictionary management and download views, keeping searching and collection maintenance separate. Its emphasis is on immediate lookup: typing updates results live, while a prefix-oriented data structure keeps searches responsive even with sizeable dictionaries.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Download and install dictionaries directly from the FreeDict catalogue.
- Support multiple source and target language combinations.
- Search entries live as each character is typed.
- Uses a trie data structure for fast prefix lookups.
- Creates binary cache files to reduce dictionary loading time.
- Cycle through active dictionaries while searching.
- Enable or disable installed dictionaries without deleting their data.
- Remove unwanted dictionary files from the management view.
- Filter the available download catalogue interactively.
- Navigate results with arrow keys or familiar j and k bindings.
- Use Ctrl+n and Ctrl+p to move through results while editing a query.
- Keep configuration under the user’s XDG configuration directory.
- Store downloaded dictionaries and their caches under the user’s local data directory.
- Provides dedicated views for translation, installed dictionaries and downloads.
Website: github.com/404Simon/tuidict
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Developer: Simon
License: MIT License
tuidict is written in Rust. Learn Rust with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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