sdcv

sdcv ( StarDict under Console Version) is the command line version of StarDict developed by Evgeniy A. Dushistov and Hu Zheng. It employs all the dictionary files that belong to StarDict. It is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License.

Supported Platforms

sdcv runs under Linux,^[1]^[2] FreeBSD,^[3] and Solaris. As in StarDict, dictionaries of the user's choice have to be installed separately.

Main Usage

Synopsis

sdcv [ options ] [list of words]

Use "-h" option to view the message of whole options.

Description

sdcv is a simple, cross-platform text-base utility for work with dictionaries in StarDict's format. The word from "list of words" may be string with leading '/' for using Fuzzy search algorithm, string may contain '?' and '*' for using regexp search. It works in interactive and non-interactive mode. Press Ctrl+D to exit from interactive mode?

Environment

STARDICT_DATA_DIR
If set, sdcv uses this variable as data directory. In this example, sdcv searches dictionaries in $STARDICT_DATA_DIR/dic.

Dictionary charging controversy

At the end of 2006, software developer Hu Zheng cited personal financial problems^[4] as an excuse to charge users for downloading dictionary files from his website, which temporarily aroused strong doubts^[5] and dissatisfaction in the Linux community.^[6] In the end, under the pressure of public opinion, the charging plan was forced to be canceled and ended hastily.^[7]

External links

References

^ "Alpine Linux packages". Alpine Linux.
^ "Ubuntu – Details of package sdcv in jammy". Ubuntu Packages.
^ "sdcv « textproc - ports - FreeBSD ports tree". FreeBSD.
^ 2006年12月08日知名IT資訊網站cnBeta.com Archived 2007-08-10 at the Wayback Machine報導《Linux下的著名翻譯軟件StarDict字典開始收費》 Archived 2019-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
^ 《Stardict字典什麽時候開始收費了！？》 Archived 2007-11-01 at the Wayback Machine
^ 《胡教主大筆一揮》^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "《StarDict取消字典軟件下載收費》". Archived from the original on 2019-11-29. Retrieved 2021-12-24.

[1] "Alpine Linux packages". Alpine Linux.

[2] "Ubuntu – Details of package sdcv in jammy". Ubuntu Packages.

[3] "sdcv « textproc - ports - FreeBSD ports tree". FreeBSD.

[4] 2006年12月08日知名IT資訊網站cnBeta.com Archived 2007-08-10 at the Wayback Machine報導《Linux下的著名翻譯軟件StarDict字典開始收費》 Archived 2019-11-13 at the Wayback Machine

[5] 《Stardict字典什麽時候開始收費了！？》 Archived 2007-11-01 at the Wayback Machine

[6] 《胡教主大筆一揮》^{[permanent dead link]}

[7] "《StarDict取消字典軟件下載收費》". Archived from the original on 2019-11-29. Retrieved 2021-12-24.

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