Bug 325022 - Kiten searches words nowhere except its built-in dictionary
Summary: Kiten searches words nowhere except its built-in dictionary
Status: REPORTED
Alias: None
Product: kiten
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: 1.3
Platform: unspecified Linux
: NOR major
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Joseph Kerian
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Reported: 2013-09-17 21:36 UTC by Michael Lashkevich
Modified: 2020-11-18 03:41 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description Michael Lashkevich 2013-09-17 21:36:53 UTC
Using the dictionary settings dialog I added several dictionaries in the edict format. In fact, Kiten only shows the results from its built-in (edict) dictionary. Other dictionaries are not used. If I switch off usage of the built-in dictionary, it can find completely nothing.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Launch Kiten
2. Open Settings.
3. Choose Dictionaries.
4. Add a few dictionaries, e.g. enamdict (Japanese names).
5. Apply changes.
6. Close Settings.
7. Try to find a word of one of these dictionaries (e.g. 前田, which is definitely exists in the enamdict).
8. Kiten finds nothing.
Actual Results:  
Kiten finds nothing.

Expected Results:  
Kiten must find something like this:
"Enamdict dictionary:
前田 まえだ Maeda"
Comment 1 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-11-10 03:11:42 UTC
Dear Bug Submitter,

This bug has been stagnant for a long time. Could you help us out and re-test if the bug is valid in the latest version? I am setting the status to NEEDSINFO pending your response, please change the Status back to REPORTED when you respond.

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!
Comment 2 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-11-20 04:02:41 UTC
Dear Bug Submitter,

This is a reminder that this bug has been stagnant for a long time. Could you help us out and re-test if the bug is valid in the latest version? This bug will be moved back to REPORTED Status for manual review later, which may take a while. If you are able to, please lend us a hand.

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!
Comment 3 Wolfgang Bauer 2020-02-04 17:53:46 UTC
Could it be that those not-working dictionaries are encoded in UTF-8?

As we found out in openSUSE today, kiten can only load files encoded in EUC-JP.
Comment 4 Wolfgang Bauer 2020-02-05 09:03:59 UTC
See also bug#386843.
Comment 5 Frédéric Brière 2020-11-18 03:41:05 UTC
(In reply to Wolfgang Bauer from comment #3)
> Could it be that those not-working dictionaries are encoded in UTF-8?
> 
> As we found out in openSUSE today, kiten can only load files encoded in
> EUC-JP.

The submitter was mainly using enamdict as a test case, so this was probably not the cause.

Bug #418108 could also be related, but it doesn't really seem to fit the description (and I suspect it's a bit more recent anyway).