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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ # An Offline Console Russian Dictionary (based on openrussian.org) This is an offline console and terminal-friendly Russian dictionary, -based on the database of [https://en.openrussian.org/](openrussian.org). +based on the database of [openrussian.org](https://en.openrussian.org/). * Works offline (without internet access) and is very fast. This really pays off if you browse Russian words a lot. @@ -24,11 +24,15 @@ based on the database of [https://en.openrussian.org/](openrussian.org). Possible future features: -* Bilingual modes (German and English translations on the same generated page) - to increase the amount of information if you happen to speak both of these languages. +* Limit the number of results (by default to 1000) - the sheer number of results + can slow down auto-completions. +* Not all terminals can display the accent correctly (linux console), so we should have + a fallback. + Ideally this can be detected, or we simply whitelist terminal emulators via $TERM. * Better internationalization when generating German pages (`-Lde`). -* Lookups via popular ASCII-cyrillic transliterations - would be useful without - a Russian/cyrillic keyboard layout. +* Lookups via popular + [ASCII-cyrillic transliterations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informal_romanizations_of_Cyrillic) - + would be useful without a Russian/cyrillic keyboard layout. * Be tolerant to typing mistakes. * Accented characters are still broken in nroff tables (see https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2018-08/msg00000.html). @@ -44,7 +48,7 @@ Run-time dependencies: sudo apt-get install lua5.2 lua-sql-sqlite3 man-db bash-completion Furthermore, you will need the [luautf8 library](https://github.com/starwing/luautf8). -Using luarocks, it may be installed as follows: +Using [LuaRocks](https://luarocks.org/), it may be installed as follows: sudo luarocks-5.2 install luautf8 @@ -76,6 +80,10 @@ Display the German translation: openrussian -Lde саморазрушение +Display both German and English translations, giving precedence to German: + + openrussian -Lde -Len саморазрушение + If you are unsure which consonants appear in this word: openrussian самора[сз]ру[шщ]ение |