FieldDB/DictionaryChromeExtension

Dictionary for websites in low-resource languages # My Dictionary for Chrome My Dictionary is a Chrome extension that allows you to quickly look up definitions of words and phrases in a clean inline box. The definitions come from Wiktionary, but have been preprocessed to reduce formatting and provide faster lookup. Hold Alt and double-click or select any word to look it up - an inline box will open to the dictionary entry of that word, usually including examples, audio pronunciation and synonyms. ## Parts The application is powered by three separate parts: * The actual Chrome extension that is embedded in pages, queries the lookup server for definitions and formats them for display. Written in Javascript. * The lightweight lookup server script that receives word or phrase queries and returns matches from a local database. It also does some trivial spelling suggestions based on a a Soundex index. Written in PHP. The canonical server is hosted on . * The scripts which parse a Wiktionary dump and produce a database of machine readable definitions appropriate for quick lookup. Written mainly in Python. ## Building The extension itself, located in the `extension` subfolder, does not require building - it can be loaded or packed into a CRX by Chrome as is. The lookup server script, located in the `lookup_server` subfolder, does not require building either. However, it expects the lookup database built by the Wiktionary parser to be accessible - the database settings can be edited at the top of the file (the `$MYSQL_*` variables). The Wiktionary parser is a little more complicated. Here's a step-by-step guide to running the whole thing: 1. Run `wiktionary_setup/build-mediawiki.sh` to create a MediaWiki installation with the ExpandTemplates and ParserFunctions extensions and the additions needed by the Wiktionary parser. This is a dummy server that is only used to expand Wiktionary templates. You may need to edit the database settings in `wiktionary_setup/build-mediawiki.sh` before running the script. Note that t …