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# suckless_dictpopup
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This is a very lightweight program to show a popup with the dictionary entry of the selected text. It uses Xlib for displaying the popup and [sdcv](https://github.com/Dushistov/sdcv) for the dictionary lookup.
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<br></br>
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#### DISCLAIMER:
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That program is intended to be used for reading monolingual dictionaries in *goldendict-ng* , it can serve others purposes, but the main goal is that you don't need to wait years until you complete your monolingual transition.
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## Dependencies
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notice that most of them might be already installed, they are:
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sselp , sdcv, perl
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### Currently tested on:
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- GNU/Linux
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- FreeBSD
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## Installation
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### in Guix
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- suckless_dictpopup is available as a package in our [repository](http://localhost:3000/hashirama/ajattix)
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### in non-guix systems
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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`. \
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Uninstall with `sudo make uninstall`
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If you would like to automatically lookup a word on every selection (recommended) , then take a look at the following script: <br> https://github.com/KonstantinDjairo/suckless_dictpopup/blob/main/daemon-popup <br>
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This is not meant to be running all the time, since it looks up everything that goes into the clipboard.\
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Disable when using mpvacious for example.
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## Usage <br>
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Bind to a shortcut <br> \
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To add a keyboard shortcut, you can use options of your WM or DE. You can also use sxhkd. \
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The popup can be dismissed by clicking on it.
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Here is a snippet from someone's ~/.config/i3/config showing how to bind `dictpopup` to a keyboard shortcut.
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```console
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# Run dictpopup
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bindsym $mod+c exec --no-startup-id dictpopup
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```
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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.
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## TODO
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- [x] Completed
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- [ ] Work in Progress
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<br><br/>
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- [ ] Switch between words in a given sentence by using the arrow keys or any user-defined key;
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Sudachi can be used to accomplish that.
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- [ ] Clipboard watch toggle
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