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BeoLingus German-English Dictionary Plugin

Version: 2024.01.19-Legacy - OS X 10.6 to macOS 13
Copyright © 2024 Wolfgang Kreutz and TU Chemnitz

This plugin extends Apple's Dictionary Application with a German-English dictionary.

The content of this plugin is based on the online dictionary www.beolingus.de by TU Chemnitz.

The Python script to convert the BeoLingus dictionary into a dictionary plugin was developed by Wolfgang Kreutz.

Website with further information: www.tekl.de.
Support and source code: github.com/Tekl/beolingus-deutsch-englisch
Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
Donation: PayPal

Download

• BeoLingus_Deutsch-Englisch.dmg (disk image containing an installer package)
• BeoLingus Deutsch-Englisch.dictionary (the plain Dictionary plugin bundle in a ZIP file for manual installation)

Installation

Using the installer

1. Download the current Version of the dictionary plugin: BeoLingus_Deutsch-Englisch.dmg
2. Open the disk image and start the Installer “BeoLingus Deutsch-Englisch Installation”. Follow its instructions.
3. To install the plugin for the current user and not for all users, click on “Change Install Location …” in the installer and select “Install for me only”.

Install with Homebrew

If you use the package manager Homebrew, you can start the installation with this terminal command:

brew install tekl/dictionaries/beolingus-detusch-englisch.

The plugin will always be installed in ~/Library/Dictionaries.

The command brew upgrade can be used to automatically install updates to the plugin.

Manual installation

1. Download the plain dictionary file: BeoLingus Deutsch-Englisch.dictionary
2. Launch the program “Dictionary.app” und execute the command “Open dictionary folder” from the File menu.
   
3. The Finder will open a window with the folder “Dictionaries”. Drag and drop the downloaded plugin into this Finder window.
   
4. Quit and restart the Dictionary-App, so it will se the newly installed plugin. Open the Preferences of Dictionary.app (⌘+Comma), scroll to the entry “OpenThesaurus Deutsch” and click the checkbox.
   

Uninstalling

To remove the plugin form your system, just launch the installer again and select the option “🚫 Uninstall”.

You can also manually delete the plugin from the folder /Library/Dictionaries or ~/Library/Dictionaries and restart the Dictionary.app.

If you have installed the plugin via Homebrew, you can get rid of it with the following command:

brew uninstall beolingus-deutsch-englisch

Build the dictionary by yourself using the source code

Requirements

• Xcode - Dictionary Development Kit as part of Additional Tools (free Developer Account necessary)
• The DDK must be installed at the following Paths:
  • /Developer/Auxiliary Tools/Dictionary Development Kit
  • /Developer/Utilities/Dictionary Development Kit
  • /Applications/Auxiliary Tools/Dictionary Development Kit
  • /Applications/Additional Tools/Utilities/Dictionary Development Kit
  • /DevTools/Utilities/Dictionary Development Kit
  • /Applications/Utilities/Dictionary Development Kit
• Install the Xcode Command Line Tools with:  xcode-select --install
• Optional: To generate the Installer, you have to install the free tool Packages - Optional: To generate the Disk Image, you need DMG Canvas (20 US-$).

Start building with Terminal

• open Terminal.app
• Use cd to go into the folder beolingus-deutsch-englisch-master.
• Start building with `make. This will download the current word list from tu-chemnitz.de, converts it to XML, and uses the DDK to build the Dictionary plugin. The version number is generated by using the current date with the suffix -beta.
• The conversion takes several hours.
• If the Terminal returns to the prompt, you can install the plugin with sudo make install. This is also necessary when you want to create the Installer. It expects the plugin at /Library/Dictionaries.
• After installation, the Dictionary App will be opened automatically, so you can activate and test it.
• The make command accepts the following additional targets:
  • make releasebuilds the plugin without the suffix “-beta” in the version number.
  • make dmgcreates an Installer from the already installed Beta-plugin and generates a Disk Image (note the requirements). The Makefile uses my developer certificate, which you have to replace in the line with packagesbuild. The finished Disk Images is put into the folder releases.
  • make releasedmgcreates an Installer from the installed plugin without the beta-suffix and generates a Disk Image (note the requirements). The Makefile uses my developer certificate, which you have to replace in the line with packagesbuild. The finished Disk Images is put into the folder releases.
  • make notarizesends the Disk Image from the current date folder inside releasesto Apple for notarization. Here you also have to edit the Makefile and enter your developer account at xcrun altoolbehind --username. The password is fetched from the Keychain entry AC_PASSWORD.
  • make nhistoryshows the notarization status. In most cases, it's better to wait for the confirmation Mail from Apple. 
  • After successful notarization, make nstapleapplies the ticket to the Disk Image. Correctly notarized, it's ready for publishing.

Licenses

• The word list from BeoLingus is licensed under GPLv2

• This plugin and the build scripts are licenssed under GPLv3

  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.