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# dictpopup
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This is a very lightweight program to show a popup with the translation of the selected text. It uses [sdcv](https://github.com/Dushistov/sdcv) for the dictionary lookup and a slightly modified version of [herbe](https://github.com/dudik/herbe) to display the popup.
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![image](https://github.com/GenjiFujimoto/dictpopup/assets/50422430/c4a3663b-fd91-4a66-95ad-f1528071c932)
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![screenshot-2023-05-28-08-34-19](https://github.com/GenjiFujimoto/dictpopup/assets/50422430/179ad9f9-b4fa-4731-92c6-105ced37c353)
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## Dependencies
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most of them might be already installed.
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sselp , sdcv, perl
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## Setup
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First setup [sdcv](https://github.com/Dushistov/sdcv) according to their github page.
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Then install with `sudo make install`. \
Uninstall with `sudo make uninstall`
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If you would like to automatically lookup a word on every selection, then take a look at the following script: https://github.com/GenjiFujimoto/shell-scripts/blob/main/selautolookup
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## Usage
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Call `dictpopup [<WORD>]`.\
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If no word as an argument is supplied, the selection is used.\
The popup can be dismissed by clicking on it.
The styling can be changed in `config.h` and then recompile to apply.
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There is also a xresources patch from [herbe](https://github.com/dudik/herbe)
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that you could try to apply if you like.
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`popup` can also be used as a standalone program to show the contents of stdin.