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Format Not Supported fixed : How to add additional OS X Mavericks Dictionaries from Star Dict Format

cpx February 15, 2014 1 min read Mac OS X OSX/Mavericks

How to add additional OS X Mavericks Dictionaries from Star Dict Format:

This Material is still Draft, i’ll upload some more details later

Things that you should get first:

1. StarDict dictionary file format archived in tar.gz

2. Special Fix of DictUnifier which is currently not in applied to the DictUnifier code.

3. A little patience, 20 minutes at most.

 

 

Regarding the First Requirement:

Make sure that your your dictionary is tar.gz , you may use tar for windows from CygWin if you are archive in such formats from your current OS version.

Make sure the name of your archive or the files inside don’t have any white space in the names.

Regarding the Second Requirement you may get the program from :

Official Page : 
https://code.google.com/p/mac-dictionary-kit

If you get “Format Not Supported” error message please follow:

https://code.google.com/p/mac-dictionary-kit/issues/detail?id=23

The version with the patch that will convert compatibly your dictionaries is :

https://mac-dictionary-kit.googlecode.com/issues/attachment?aid=-8878761154282404408&name=DictUnifier.zip&token=6trRv-qKFVCQzB9FvZMJJZdqxQY%3A1392499477431

 

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orenz

I got format not supported. So how to resolve this issue?

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