Layout
Vertically the zbedic window is divided in three regions -- toolbar,
wordlist and description box.
Menu
Switch
dictionaries - toggles between two most recently used
dictionaries. You can find this action useful for bilingual dictionaries,
when you look up translations in both directions.
Select
dictionary - selects the current dictionary
History previous/next - navigate through history items. To
mimic behavior of back and forward buttons in a web browser, the history list
can grow both in upward and downward direction from the current item.
Look
up selection - select a word in the description box, then press
this button to look up its translation or description.
Copy
- copies the text that is selected to the clipboard
Paste
- pastes from the clipboard to the input box
New entry
- add a new entry to the dictionary. See
more.
Edit entry
- edit the displayed entry. See
more.
Remove entry
- removes the displayed entry from the dictionary. See
more.
- Zoom in/out - enlarges or diminished text if a bigger/smaller size if available for the current font
Configure
keyboard - customize keyboard shortcuts
Settings
- shows the settings dialog box
Return to calling application - when zbedic
is invoked from other application, for example Opie/Qt Reader,
this button will hide zbedic and return to that
application
Wordlist
The control show the list of defined words that are lexicographically
after the word entered in the input box. The number of words shown can be
configured from the settings dialog box.
Description Box
This box shows the word description. If the text in the input box
matches an existing word, the description of that word is shown.
Settings
The Settings dialog box allows the user to configure zbedic. The
configuration parameters are:
Layout Tab
- Layout - place wordlist and description box either
horizontally or vertically. If 'Auto' is selected, the
orientation will be choosen based on the screen resolution of
the PDA
- List box size - size of the wordlist box. Smaller
wordlist box gives more space for description
- Tool bar - select tool buttons that should be
visible. When the button is hidden, the associated action is
still accessible via keyboard shortcut.
- Font - the font used in the application
Dictionaries Tab
- Dictionary checklist - put a check by the dictionaries that
should be visible after pressing the dictionary button. If the checkbox
is grayed, the dictionary file was corrupted or could not be loaded.
Create new editable
dictionary. See more.
- Properties - show / edit dictionary meta-data.
See more.
Search for new
dictionaries - press to search the entire file system
for dictionary files (*.dic or *.dz). New dictionaries will be added to the
dictionary check list.
Misc Tab
- Words in list - number of words shown in the wordlist box
- History length - number of words kept in the input box drop-down
- Show pronounciation - for dictionaries that have pronounciation
defined, this checkbox defines whether to show it or not. If you
don't use a Unicode font that has the pronounciation symbols, you
may want to disable the pronounciation