How to load a (C)EDICT file?

[Robert Siemer <Robert Siemer-gnome org backsla sh>]

Hello everyone,

I try to use the EDICT file handedict.u8 from
http://www.chinaboard.de/handedict/handedict-20090401.tar.bz2

or the files cedict_ts.u8 or cedict_1_0_ts_utf-8_mdbg.txt
from
http://www.mandarintools.com/download/cedictu8.zip
and
http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/export/cedict/cedict_1_0_ts_utf-8_mdbg.txt.gz

mentioned indirectly under cedict on the fantasdic web site.

As I cannot find a “CEDICT file” source, I tried the “EDICT file”
source. Fantasdic always returns “This is not a valid EDICT file!”

I tried first 1.0beta6 (debian unstable) than 1.0beta7 (but that one
debianized with the beta6 control files, as I cannot install unpackaged
things...)


What’s wrong?


Other issues: it is a little annoying that "Add dictionary" always
starts with "DICT dictionary server" and needs a Internet connection to
allow me to change that setting!! (I fetches information from dict.org
first, doesn’t it?)

fantasdic also starts up with:
------------------------------------------------------------
The following optional dependencies were not found.
Ruby/GNOME2
------------------------------------------------------------

...I know that it is optional, and I know I don’t have Ruby/Gnome2. What
I don’t know is: WHAT is that good for, WHICH functionality is missing
if running without!