Re: [edict-jmdict] Minor WWWJDIC fix.

[Jim Breen <jimbreen@*********>]

On 13 May 2010 18:09, Ben Bullock <benkasminbullock@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 13 May 2010 16:42, Jim Breen <jimbreen@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Adding options to the
> > customization system is a bit messy and I like to batch tem up.
> > If anyone has other customization options they'd like, now
> > is a good time to tell me.
>
> Since you asked, I've been meaning to ask if you could change the
> links to kanji.sljfaq.org on the Japanese-language version of the page
> to link to the Japanese versions of the page, like "drawj.html" and
> "fourj.html".

Done. (At Monash; mirrors will catch up.)

> Also, one thing that I think is missing is the ability to make a
> permanent link to an entry. On Kim's jisho.org you can get a permanent
> link to the page at the bottom of each page. It would be nice if there
> was some button or click or text which gave a permanent link to a
> particular WWWJDIC entry. It would give people a way to exchange a
> link with others.

OK. Quite do-able. I can put it at the bottom of the page and make
it a selectable option. Looking up 工場 in EDICT would look like

http://www.edrdg.org/cgi-bin/wwwjdic/wwwjdic?1MUJ%E5%B7%A5%E5%A0%B4

which matches Kim's

http://jisho.org/words?jap=%E5%B7%A5%E5%A0%B4&eng=&dict=edict

> Even better if you could make those "backdoor URLs"
> look a bit more meaningful. To give an example from Kim's dictionary:
>
> http://jisho.org/kanji/details/%E7%8C%BF
>
> which looks like "http://jisho.org/kanji/details/猿"; in the browser bar.

The poor old backdoor needs a total rewrite. The trouble with having 25
dictionary files and a myriad of options is that the URL parameters can't
be too simple. And people actually use them, and ask for more.

Jim

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Jim Breen
Adjunct Snr Research Fellow, Clayton School of IT, Monash University
Treasurer: Hawthorn Rowing Club, Japanese Studies Centre
Graduate student: Language Technology Group, University of Melbourne