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<a name="stardict-usage"></a><div class="header"><h1 class="sect1 title"><span class="title">Usage</span></h1></div>
<ul class="linktrail"><li class="linktrail linktrail-only"><a class="linktrail" href="index.html" title="StarDict Manual V3.0.6.2">StarDict Manual V3.0.6.2</a></li></ul>
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<li>
<span class="label">3.1. </span><a class="xref" href="stardict-usage.html#stardict-usage-lookup" title="Looking Up a Word">Looking Up a Word</a>
</li>
<li>
<span class="label">3.2. </span><a class="xref" href="stardict-usage.html#stardict-usage-clear" title="Clearing the Display Area">Clearing the Display Area</a>
</li>
<li>
<span class="label">3.3. </span><a class="xref" href="stardict-usage.html#stardict-usage-select" title="To Copy Text to Another Application">To Copy Text to Another Application</a>
</li>
<li>
<span class="label">3.4. </span><a class="xref" href="stardict-usage.html#stardict-usage-find" title="To Find Text in the Definition Area">To Find Text in the Definition Area</a>
</li>
<li>
<span class="label">3.5. </span><a class="xref" href="stardict-usage.html#stardict-usage-scanning" title="Scanning: operation guide">Scanning: operation guide</a>
</li>
<li>
<span class="label">3.6. </span><a class="xref" href="stardict-usage.html#stardict-usage-scan-mode" title="Toggle Scan Mode">Toggle Scan Mode</a>
</li>
<li>
<span class="label">3.7. </span><a class="xref" href="stardict-usage.html#stardict-usage-hotkeys" title="Main window hotkeys">Main window hotkeys</a>
</li>
<li>
<span class="label">3.8. </span><a class="xref" href="stardict-usage.html#stardict-usage-add-dicts" title="Installing new dictionaries">Installing new dictionaries</a>
</li>
<li>
<span class="label">3.9. </span><a class="xref" href="stardict-usage.html#stardict-usage-remove-dicts" title="Removing dictionaries">Removing dictionaries</a>
</li>
</ul></div>
<div class="division sect2">
<a name="stardict-usage-lookup"></a><div class="header"><h2 class="sect2 title"><span class="title"><span class="label">3.1. </span>Looking Up a Word</span></h2></div>
<p class="para block block-first">To look up the definition of a word, perform the following steps:</p>
<div class="block list orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist">
<li class="li-first"><span class="para">Type the word that you want to look up in the Search
field.</span></li>
<li><span class="para"><span class="application">StarDict</span> will show the definition immediately. If not found, you can
press <span class="keycap">Return</span> to do a fuzzy query or just click the <span class="guibutton">Fuzzy query</span> button. </span></li>
<li><span class="para">Use the scrollbar to scroll through the definition. Select the words in the Word list to view the
related words. </span></li>
</ol></div>
</div>
<div class="division sect2">
<a name="stardict-usage-clear"></a><div class="header"><h2 class="sect2 title"><span class="title"><span class="label">3.2. </span>Clearing the Display Area</span></h2></div>
<p class="para block block-first">To clear the text of the Search field, click the <span class="guibutton">Clear</span> button on the
left, or just press <span class="keycap">Alt-C</span> or <span class="keycap">ESC</span>.</p>
</div>
<div class="division sect2">
<a name="stardict-usage-select"></a><div class="header"><h2 class="sect2 title"><span class="title"><span class="label">3.3. </span>To Copy Text to Another Application</span></h2></div>
<p class="para block block-first">There are two ways to copy the text in the Definition area to another application:</p>
<div class="block list itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist">
<li class="li-first"><span class="para">To copy all of the text, click the <span class="guibutton">Copy</span> button by the top of the <span class="guilabel">Definition area</span>.</span></li>
<li><span class="para">To copy some of the text, select the text that you want to copy, then click your mouse's right
button and choose <span class="guimenuitem">Copy</span>.</span></li>
</ul></div>
</div>
<div class="division sect2">
<a name="stardict-usage-find"></a><div class="header"><h2 class="sect2 title"><span class="title"><span class="label">3.4. </span>To Find Text in the Definition Area</span></h2></div>
<p class="para block block-first">To find text in the Definition area, perform the following steps:</p>
<div class="block list orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist">
<li class="li-first">
<span class="para">click the <span class="guibutton">Find</span> button by the top of the <span class="guilabel">Definition area</span>. </span> </li>
<li><span class="para">Type the string that you want to find in the <span class="guilabel">Find</span> text box,
then press <span class="keycap">Return</span>. You cannot use wildcards.</span></li>
<li><span class="para">To find the next occurrence of the word, press <span class="keycap">Return</span> again.</span></li>
</ol></div>
</div>
<div class="division sect2">
<a name="stardict-usage-scanning"></a><div class="header"><h2 class="sect2 title"><span class="title"><span class="label">3.5. </span>Scanning: operation guide</span></h2></div>
<div class="block list itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist">
<li class="li-first">
<span class="para">Scenarios below assume that you make selection with mouse.
</span>
</li>
<li>
<span class="para">Scan key is the modifier set by the "Scan modifier key" option,
see <a class="xref" href="stardict-prefs.html#stardict-prefs-dictionary-scan" title="Scan Selection">Section 4.1.1 ― Scan Selection</a>.
</span>
</li>
</ul></div>
<div class="autotoc"><ul>
<li>
<span class="label">3.5.1. </span><a class="xref" href="stardict-usage.html#stardict-usage-scanning-linux" title="Scanning in Linux and Unix">Scanning in Linux and Unix</a>
</li>
<li>
<span class="label">3.5.2. </span><a class="xref" href="stardict-usage.html#stardict-usage-scanning-windows" title="Scanning in Windows">Scanning in Windows</a>
</li>
</ul></div>
<div class="division sect3">
<a name="stardict-usage-scanning-linux"></a><div class="header"><h3 class="sect3 title"><span class="title"><span class="label">3.5.1. </span>Scanning in Linux and Unix</span></h3></div>
<div class="block list orderedlist">
<div class="block block-first title title-formal"><span class="title"><span class="label"></span>Case 1. "Only scan while modifier key is being pressed" option is off</span></div>
<ol class="orderedlist">
<li class="li-first">
<span class="para">Select text to translate.
</span>
</li>
<li>
<span class="para">Wait for a few seconds. The Floating Window pops up.
</span>
</li>
</ol>
</div>
<div class="block list orderedlist">
<div class="block block-first title title-formal"><span class="title"><span class="label"></span>Case 2. "Only scan while modifier key is being pressed" option is on</span></div>
<ol class="orderedlist">
<li class="li-first">
<span class="para">Press and hold the Scan key.
</span>
</li>
<li>
<span class="para">Select the text.
</span>
</li>
<li>
<span class="para">Wait for a few seconds. The Floating Window pops up.
</span>
</li>
<li>
<span class="para">Release the Scan key.
</span>
</li>
</ol>
</div>
<div class="block list orderedlist">
<div class="block block-first title title-formal"><span class="title"><span class="label"></span>Case 2.1. "Only scan while modifier key is being pressed" option is on. A variation</span></div>
<ol class="orderedlist">
<li class="li-first">
<span class="para">Select the text and do not release the mouse button yet.
</span>
</li>
<li>
<span class="para">Press and hold the Scan key.
</span>
</li>
<li>
<span class="para">Release the mouse button.
</span>
</li>
<li>
<span class="para">Wait for a few seconds. The Floating Window pops up.
</span>
</li>
<li>
<span class="para">Release the Scan key.
</span>
</li>
</ol>
</div>
<p class="para block">
Selection is made when you release mouse button.
This is the time when the Scan key must be pressed down. It takes some time for StarDict to inspect selection, you must hold the Scan key all this time. What is why you need to hold the key for a few seconds after selection.
</p>
</div>
<div class="division sect3">
<a name="stardict-usage-scanning-windows"></a><div class="header"><h3 class="sect3 title"><span class="title"><span class="label">3.5.2. </span>Scanning in Windows</span></h3></div>
<div class="block list orderedlist">
<div class="block block-first title title-formal"><span class="title"><span class="label"></span>Case 1. "Only scan while modifier key is being pressed" option is off</span></div>
<ol class="orderedlist">
<li class="li-first">
<span class="para">Place the mouse pointer over the word you want to traslate.
</span>
</li>
<li>
<span class="para">Do not move the mouse for a few seconds. The Floating Window pops up.
</span>
</li>
</ol>
</div>
<div class="block list orderedlist">
<div class="block block-first title title-formal"><span class="title"><span class="label"></span>Case 2. "Only scan while modifier key is being pressed" option is on</span></div>
<ol class="orderedlist">
<li class="li-first">
<span class="para">Place the mouse pointer over the word you want to traslate.
</span>
</li>
<li>
<span class="para">Press and hold the Scan key.
</span>
</li>
<li>
<span class="para">Do not move the mouse for a few seconds. The Floating Window pops up.
</span>
</li>
<li>
<span class="para">Release the Scan key.
</span>
</li>
</ol>
</div>
<p class="para block">For scanning in PDF documents see <a class="xref" href="stardict-getting-started.html#stardict-acrobat-plugin" title="WordPick Adobe Acrobat plugin">Section 2.6 ― WordPick Adobe Acrobat plugin</a>.
</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="division sect2">
<a name="stardict-usage-scan-mode"></a><div class="header"><h2 class="sect2 title"><span class="title"><span class="label">3.6. </span>Toggle Scan Mode</span></h2></div>
<p class="para block block-first">There are a number of ways to enable or disable the Scan selection mode.
When in Scan mode, <span class="application">StarDict</span> shows translation of the text you select in different windows. See <a class="xref" href="stardict-getting-started.html#stardict-scan-selection" title="Scan selection">Section 2.5 ― Scan selection</a>.</p>
<div class="block list itemizedlist">
<div class="block block-first title title-formal"><span class="title"><span class="label"></span>Ways to enable the Scan mode</span></div>
<ul class="itemizedlist">
<li class="li-first"><span class="para">Toggle the <span class="guilabel">Scan selection</span> checkbox at the bottom left corner of the <span class="application">StarDict</span> Main window.</span></li>
<li><span class="para">Right-click the Notification area icon and check <span class="guimenuitem">Scan</span>
in the pop-up menu.</span></li>
<li><span class="para">Press
<span class="keycombo"><span class="keycap">Ctrl</span>+<span class="keycap">Alt</span>+<span class="keycap">x</span></span>
shortcut (it toggles the Scan mode). To configure the shortcut see
<a class="xref" href="stardict-prefs.html#stardict-prefs-dictionary-scan" title="Scan Selection">Section 4.1.1 ― Scan Selection</a>.</span></li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<div class="division sect2">
<a name="stardict-usage-hotkeys"></a><div class="header"><h2 class="sect2 title"><span class="title"><span class="label">3.7. </span>Main window hotkeys</span></h2></div>
<div class="block list variablelist"><dl class="variablelist">
<dt class="term dt-first">
<span class="keycombo"><span class="keycap">Ctrl</span>+<span class="keycap">q</span></span>
</dt>
<dd>
<p class="para block block-first">Quit <span class="application">StarDict</span>.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="term">
<span class="keycombo"><span class="keycap">Alt</span>+<span class="keycap">x</span></span>
</dt>
<dd>
<p class="para block block-first">Minimize to tray. <span class="application">StarDict</span> Main window is closed, taskbar item disappears, but the application continues to run. You may open the Main window again clicking on the Notification area icon.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="term">
<span class="keycombo"><span class="keycap">Alt</span>+<span class="keycap">z</span></span>
</dt>
<dd>
<p class="para block block-first">Iconify the application. The Main window is hidden, the taskbar item remains.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="term">
<span class="keycombo"><span class="keycap">Alt</span>+<span class="keycap">e</span></span>
</dt>
<dd>
<p class="para block block-first">Save word definition to a file. See <a class="xref" href="stardict-getting-started.html#stardict-definition-aria-toolbar" title="Definition area toolbar">Section 2.3 ― <span class="firstterm">Definition area toolbar</span></a> for more details.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="term">
<span class="keycombo"><span class="keycap">F1</span></span>
</dt>
<dd>
<p class="para block block-first">Show help.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="term">
<span class="keycombo"><span class="keycap">Ctrl</span>+<span class="keycap">f</span></span>
</dt>
<dd>
<p class="para block block-first">Search in the Definition area. See <a class="xref" href="stardict-getting-started.html#stardict-definition-aria-toolbar" title="Definition area toolbar">Section 2.3 ― <span class="firstterm">Definition area toolbar</span></a> for more details.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="term">
<span class="keycombo"><span class="keycap">Alt</span>+<span class="keycap">Left</span></span>
</dt>
<dd>
<p class="para block block-first">Go Back. Return to the word that was queried before.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="term">
<span class="keycombo"><span class="keycap">Alt</span>+<span class="keycap">Up</span></span>
</dt>
<dd>
<p class="para block block-first">Previous word. Query the previous word in the Word index.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="term">
<span class="keycombo"><span class="keycap">Alt</span>+<span class="keycap">Down</span></span>
</dt>
<dd>
<p class="para block block-first">Next word. Query the next word in the Word index.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="term">
<span class="keycombo"><span class="keycap">Alt</span>+<span class="keycap">m</span></span>
</dt>
<dd>
<p class="para block block-first">Menu. Show the Main menu.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="term">
<span class="keycombo"><span class="keycap">Ctrl</span>+<span class="keycap">v</span></span>
</dt>
<dd>
<p class="para block block-first">Query clipboard text in <span class="application">StarDict</span>.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="term">
<span class="keycombo"><span class="keycap">Ctrl</span>+<span class="keycap">u</span></span>
</dt>
<dd>
<p class="para block block-first">Clear the Search field and focus it.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="term">
<span class="keycombo"><span class="keycap">BackSpace</span></span>
</dt>
<dd>
<p class="para block block-first">The same as <span class="keycombo"><span class="keycap">Ctrl</span>+<span class="keycap">u</span></span>.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="term">
<span class="keycombo"><span class="keycap">Enter</span></span>
</dt>
<dd>
<div class="block list orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist">
<li class="li-first">
<p class="para block block-first">The focus is in the Word list.</p>
<p class="para block">If the selected index item has children, expand or collapse the item.
If the selected index item has no children, query the item in the main window.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="para block block-first">The focus is in the Definition area.</p>
<p class="para block">Requery the text in the Search field.</p>
</li>
</ol></div>
</dd>
<dt class="term">
<span class="keycombo"><span class="keycap">Space</span></span>
</dt>
<dd>
<p class="para block block-first">Focus the Search field.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="term">
<span class="keycombo"><span class="keycap">Escape</span></span>
</dt>
<dd>
<div class="block list orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist">
<li class="li-first">
<p class="para block block-first">The focus is in Definition area Search bar.</p>
<p class="para block">Hide the search bar.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="para block block-first">Otherwise, this hotkey has the same effect as
<span class="keycombo"><span class="keycap">Ctrl</span>+<span class="keycap">u</span></span>.</p>
</li>
</ol></div>
</dd>
<dt class="term">
<span class="keycombo"><span class="keycap">Ctrl</span>+<span class="keycap">Alt</span>+<span class="keycap">z</span></span>
</dt>
<dd>
<p class="para block block-first">Open the Main window of <span class="application">StarDict</span>.
The Main window may be iconified, or <span class="application">StarDict</span> may only exist as a Notification area icon.
In all the cases pressing this hotkey presents the Main window to the user.
You may change the hotkey in the Preferences dialog, see
<a class="xref" href="stardict-prefs.html#stardict-prefs-main-window-options" title="Options">Section 4.3.2 ― Options</a>.
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="term">
<span class="keycombo"><span class="keycap">Ctrl</span>+<span class="keycap">Alt</span>+<span class="keycap">x</span></span>
</dt>
<dd>
<p class="para block block-first">Toggle the Scan mode.
You may change the hotkey in the Preferences dialog, see
<a class="xref" href="stardict-prefs.html#stardict-prefs-dictionary-scan" title="Scan Selection">Section 4.1.1 ― Scan Selection</a>.
</p>
</dd>
</dl></div>
</div>
<div class="division sect2">
<a name="stardict-usage-add-dicts"></a><div class="header"><h2 class="sect2 title"><span class="title"><span class="label">3.8. </span>Installing new dictionaries</span></h2></div>
<p class="para block block-first">Dictionaries for <span class="application">StarDict</span> you download are normally packed in archives.
You must unpack them and copy into one of the <span class="application">StarDict</span> dictionary directories.
If you simply copy an archive file into the dictionary directory, <span class="application">StarDict</span> will not find the dictionary. It is recommended to place each dictionary in its own directory.
You may build a hierarchy of directories to organize your dictionary collection.
<span class="application">StarDict</span> search directories recursively. See also <a class="xref" href="stardict-details.html#stardict-details-dictionaries" title="StarDict dictionaries">Section 7.7 ― StarDict dictionaries</a>.
</p>
<div class="block list orderedlist">
<div class="block block-first title title-formal"><span class="title"><span class="label"></span>Installing a dictionary</span></div>
<ol class="orderedlist">
<li class="li-first">
<p class="para block block-first">Download a dictionary. Normally a dictionary is packed in an archive file, for example, <span class="filename" dir="ltr">WineEnRu.zip</span>.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="para block block-first">Unpack the archive in a new directory. You may name the directory after the archive name, though that is not required.
</p>
<div dir="ltr" class=" block screen block-indent"><pre class="screen">WineEnRu/WineEnRu.dict
WineEnRu/WineEnRu.idx
WineEnRu/WineEnRu.ifo</pre></div>
</li>
<li>
<p class="para block block-first">Copy the dictionary directory into one of <span class="application">StarDict</span> dictionary directories, see <a class="xref" href="stardict-details.html#stardict-details-dictionaries-dirs" title="Directories">Section 7.7.1 ― Directories</a>.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="para block block-first">Restart <span class="application">StarDict</span>. The new dictionary will be added into the default dictionary group.
</p>
</li>
</ol>
</div>
<div class="admonition block caution block-indent"><div class="caution-inner">
<div class="block block-first title title-formal"><span class="title"><span class="label"></span>Broken dictionaries</span></div>
<p class="para block block-first">Some dictionaries you may find on Internet violate restrictions of <span class="application">StarDict</span> dictionary file format. Using such a dictionary may result in <span class="application">StarDict</span> crash. If <span class="application">StarDict</span> becomes unstable, check your dictionaries, especially new ones, with <span class="application">StarDict Editor</span> or <span class="application">stardict-verify</span> command line tool.
</p>
</div></div>
</div>
<div class="division sect2">
<a name="stardict-usage-remove-dicts"></a><div class="header"><h2 class="sect2 title"><span class="title"><span class="label">3.9. </span>Removing dictionaries</span></h2></div>
<p class="para block block-first">To remove a dictionary it's enough to remove all files belonging to that dictionary.
All files of a dictionary share the same base name, for example.
</p>
<div dir="ltr" class=" block screen block-indent"><pre class="screen">WineEnRu.dict
WineEnRu.idx
WineEnRu.idx.oft
WineEnRu.ifo</pre></div>
<p class="para block">Some dictionaries may include resource database that is named differently. For complete list of file see <a class="xref" href="stardict-details.html#stardict-details-dictionaries" title="StarDict dictionaries">Section 7.7 ― StarDict dictionaries</a>. If you follow the rule "one dictionary ‒ one directory", removing a dictionary will be easer.
</p>
<div class="block list orderedlist">
<div class="block block-first title title-formal"><span class="title"><span class="label"></span>Removing a dictionary</span></div>
<ol class="orderedlist">
<li class="li-first">
<span class="para">Quit <span class="application">StarDict</span>. Make sure that <span class="application">StarDict</span> has really terminated, not just minimized into tray icon!
</span>
</li>
<li>
<span class="para">Remove dictionary files.
</span>
</li>
</ol>
</div>
</div>
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