View source for GoldenDict - online and offline Tibetan dictionaries combined

'''[http://goldendict.org/ GoldenDict]''' is available for Windows, Mac OS-X and Linux. It integrates various dictionary formats, including the StarDict format with online access to dictionaries based on mediawiki.
[[Image:GoldenDict.jpg|thumb|450px|[[http://goldendict.org GoldenDict]]]]

==Installation==
''Installation of GoldenDict early access builds.''

It's currently (June 2018) recommended to use the "early access builds" (v.1.5RC2 or newer) of GoldenDict to get full functionality:
* [https://github.com/goldendict/goldendict/wiki/Early-Access-Builds-for-Windows Early access builds for Windows] (Updated: 2018-06-02)
* [https://github.com/goldendict/goldendict/wiki/Early-Access-Builds-for-Mac-OS-X Early access builds for Mac OS-X] (Updated: 2018-06-01)
* Linux user can use the packet-manager of their distribution to install GoldenDict.

'''Note:''' Those builds get updated regularly. In case of difficulties, make sure that you have the latest build.

===History===
* 2018-Jun-02: Version 1.5.0-RC2-311-g15062f7 released.
* 2018-Mar-24: Version 1.5.0-RC2-254-gbd95948 released.
* 2017-Dec-10: Version 1.5.0-RC2-209-gfe9312e released.
* 2017-Oct-06: Version 1.5.0-RC2-188-g801ab72 released.
* 2017-Jul-29: Version 1.5.0-RC2-170-g4c1dd16 released.
* 2016-Oct-28: GoldenDict 1.5RC2 supports full-text search and many more dictionary-formats. See here for an [https://github.com/goldendict/goldendict/wiki/Early-Access-Builds-for-Mac-OS-X overview], here for [https://github.com/goldendict/goldendict/commits/master details].

===Android 6.0===
Goldendict is also available for Android. Beginning with Android 6.0, the mobile OS supports full Tibetan rendering, so all Tibetan dictionaries can be used on Android 6 devices, see [[Tibetan support in Android 6 Marshmallow]]. The mobile GoldenDict app however does not support online dictionaries.

===Installation of local dictionary data===
'''Note:''' ''The following dictionaries are based on the Rangjung Yeshe Tibetan dictionary created by Erik Pema Kunsang and the [http://www.ryi.org Rangjung Yeshe Institute] and the editors at [http://rywiki.tsadra.org Rangjung Yeshe Wiki]. They are published with the kind permission of Erik Pema Kunsang.''

: In order to help improving future versions of the dictionary: if you cannot find an entry in those dictionaries above, please create an (empty) entry on [http://rywiki.tsadra.org http://rywiki.tsadra.org]. This way a definition can be added later. If you know the definition yourself, of course you can directly add it to [http://rywiki.tsadra.org http://rywiki.tsadra.org].

'''Installation:'''

* Download the three uncompressed RangjungYeshe dictionary files: [http://digitaltibetan.org/Media/Resources/RangjungYeshe2003Uni.dict RangjungYeshe2003.dict], [http://digitaltibetan.org/Media/Resources/RangjungYeshe2003Uni.idx RangjungYeshe2003Uni.idx], [http://digitaltibetan.org/Media/Resources/RangjungYeshe2003Uni.ifo RangjungYeshe2003Uni.ifo]
* Copy those three files into a directory "Tibetan Dictionaries"
* Start GoldenDict and select the option "Edit / Dictionaries...". Select the tab "Sources" and "Files". Press the "Add" button and select the directory "Tibetan Dictionaries" that contains you dictionary files. "Rescan now" makes the dictionaries available.

'''Note:''' In order to access the dictionary, you'll need to type Tibetan. Check [[Preparing Computers for Tibetan Editing]] on how to install Tibetan keyboards and fonts.

===Installation of online Tibetan dictionary access===
In addition to local dictionary data, GoldenDict can access wikis with Tibetan dictionary information. The [http://www.rigpawiki.org RigpaWiki] contains a [http://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Category:Tibetan-English_Dictionary Tibetan dictionary] that can be integrated with GoldenDict:

[[Image:GoldenDictOnlineSources.png|thumb|600px|[[http://goldendict.org GoldenDict]] Online source configuration]]

* In GoldenDict, select "Edit / Dictionaries...". Select the tab "Sources" and "Wikipedia". Now add a new entry with name [http://www.rigpawiki.org "Rigpa Wiki"] and address "http://www.rigpawiki.org". You need to enable the wiki-dictionary by clicking the check-box in front of the RigpaWiki entry.
* The Tibetan-language Wikipedia can be added as "Tibetan Wikipedia" with address: http'''s'''://bo.wikipedia.org/w
* The online version of Rangjung Yeshe's dictionary http://rywiki.tsadra.org/ can be added as: Name: "Rangjung Yeshe Wiki", Address: http://rywiki.tsadra.org
* Additionally, you can add another entry for "http://www.tibetanwiki.com" for the [http://www.tibetanwiki.com/ Tibetan Wiki].
* Click "Ok"
* Now you can access both offline dictionaries and online dictionaries at the same time.

'''Note''': Searching different online sources in Tibetan sometimes requires slightly different Tibetan phrasing: to search for སེམས་ some wikipedias expect སེམས (no final tsek), and some སེམས། (final shad). Standard is usually སེམས་ (with final tsek).

===A list of Wikipedia (Mediawiki) sites that can be added to GoldenDict:===
{| class="wikitable" style="color:black;background-color:#f7f7f7;" width="70%" cellspacing="5" border="0" text-align:left,top"
|+
|-
|style="width:30%; color:black;background-color:#e0e0e0;"|'''Name''' ||style="width:30%; color:black;background-color:#e0e0e0;"| '''Address''' || style="width:40%; color:black;background-color:#e0e0e0;"|'''Comment'''
|-
|style="color:black;background-color:#f0f0f0;"|RigpaWiki || http://www.rigpawiki.org || Rigpa's dharma wiki with Tibetan-English glossary
|-
|style="color:black;background-color:#f0f0f0;"|Wiktionary || https://en.wiktionary.org/w || A multi-language dictionary and etymology
|-
|style="color:black;background-color:#f0f0f0;"|Tibetan Wikipedia || https://bo.wikipedia.org/w || Tibetan-language wikipedia
|-
|style="color:black;background-color:#f0f0f0;"|RYWiki || http://rywiki.tsadra.org || Rangjung Yeshe's online dictionary
|-
<!-- currently broken:
|style="color:black;background-color:#f0f0f0;"|TibetanWiki || http://www.tibetanwiki.com || A Tibetan language wiki
|- -->
|}

===GoldenDict wiki (Help)===
The [http://goldendict.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page GoldenDict Wiki] contains a lot of information about usage and internals of GoldenDict, e.g.:
* [http://goldendict.org/wiki/index.php/FAQ FAQ]: How to customize fonts and styles use by Goldendict.
* [http://goldendict.org/wiki/index.php/GoldenDict_Features Features and dictionary formats supported].

===Resolving problems===
====XML Error message====
Some wikipedias (e.g. English standard wikipedia and wiktionary) have changed their protocol to https. If you are getting errors (<code>Query error: XML parse error: unexpected end of file at 1,1</code>), then simply change the wikipedia URL to use https: e.g., for Wikipedia English, use: http'''s'''://en.wikipedia.org/w

====Windows users can't type Tibetan in GoldenDict====
Windows and the TISE-input method seem to be incompatible with GoldenDict. The recommended Windows Tibetan input method is [[Tibetan Input Method for Windows|Denjong Tib Type]]. Alternatively, if you want to use Windows & TISE with GoldenDict, you can type the search-phrase in some other program (e.g. notepad) and then copy&paste the search term into GoldenDict.

===Additional sources and Sanskrit===
* Sanskrit Tools: http://arshadrishti.org/sanskrit-tools/
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* Sanskrit online dictionaries that can be integrated with GoldenDict: [http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k74806&pageid=icb.page385783 havard.edu] -->
* Visit [http://buddhistinformatics.ddbc.edu.tw/glossaries/download.php Glossaries for Buddhist Studies] for more Buddhist dictionary material.
* Dzongkha-English dictionaries [http://www.dzongkha.gov.bt/en/article/installing-and-using-the-goldendict-application-with-ddc-dzongkha-dictionaries dzongkha.gov.bt]

===External links===
* [https://github.com/goldendict/goldendict GoldenDict Github repository]
* [http://goldendict.org/ GoldenDict main site]
* [http://goldendict.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page GoldenDict Wiki]

===Internal links===
* [[Tibetan Dictionaries for Mobile Devices]]
* [[Tibetan support in Android]]
* [[Tibetan ebooks]]

[[Category:Dictionaries]]
[[Category:Software]]
[[Category:Tools]]