Re: [edict-jmdict] Re: Bug in JmdictDB interface

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

On 16 June 2012 12:18, Stuart McGraw <smcg4191@frii.com> wrote:
> I pushed the fix for the disappearing reverse xref
> problem to my repo on Arakawa.  It will appear online
> after Jim does his magic to it.

Ok, updated. A large set of changes.

> In addition to the disappearing xrefs problem reported,
> it also fixes a long-standing issue with xrefs: if an
> xref points to specific reading and/or kanji in the
> target entry, and that entry is edited and the readings
> or kanji reordered, the xref would end up pointing to
> the wrong reading/kanji since its notion of the reading
> or kanji was only by position (kanji #1, kanji #2, etc).
> That has been fixed so now if the target readings/kanji
> are moved around, any reverse xrefs referencing the
> entry will adapt.
>
> If you change or delete readings or kanji in an entry
> that is the target of an xref, the xref won't have anything
> to point to any more so it will go away when the entry
> is submitted as before.  However, now you will be warned
> about that on the confirmation page first.

I'll watch very carefully now.

Thanks for this fix.

Jim

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Jim Breen
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