dict_chooser.py

   1 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
   2
   3 import preferences as p
   4
   5 dicts = (("EDICT (Small, fast)"),
   6          #("EDICT2 (Smaller, fast) Recommended)"),
   7          ("JMdict (Huge, slow, detailed) (full)"),
   8          ("JMdict_e (Huge, slow, detailed) (English only)"),
   9          ("KANJIDIC (Small, very fast)"),
  10          #("KANJD212"),
  11          ("KANJIDIC2 (Large, a little slow)"))
  12
  13
  14 # To store:
  15 # 1. Chain of word dictionaries
  16 # 2. Chain of kanji dictionaries
  17 #
  18 # In both cases, searches proceed through the chain until results are
  19 # returned by one of them.  In most cases, only the first dictionary
  20 # will ever be examined.
  21
  22 def set_dicts(dicts, option_key):
  23     keylen = len(option_key)
  24     if dicts and (type(dicts) == dict):
  25         # Clear previous entries
  26         keys = p.options.keys()
  27         for key in [k for k in keys if k[:keylen] == option_key]:
  28             del p.options[key]
  29         # Store new ones
  30         for i, d in enumerate(dicts.iteritems()):
  31             p.options["%s.%d" % (option_key, i)] = d
  32
  33 def set_word_dicts(dicts):
  34     set_dicts(dicts, "dict.word")
  35
  36 def set_kanji_dicts(dicts):
  37     set_dicts(dicts, "dict.kanji")
  38
  39 def console_chooser():
  40     """Select dictionaries from the console."""
  41     pass
  42
  43 if __name__ == "__main__":
  44     p.load()
  45     console_chooser()