Layout

The zbedic window is divided into three regions: a toolbar, a wordlist and a description box. Install Virtualbox Ubuntu

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.
•  Show history pop-up for browsing recently viewed words.
•  Select dictionary - selects the current dictionary
•     Go back/forward one word. The same as the back/forward buttons in a web browser.
•  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

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 list - select dictionary you want to remove or edit.
• Add - add existimg dictionary from a file. A new file dialog will open. Note that only bedic dictionary files are shown. If there is .hdic dictionary, no corresponding .dic.dz dictionary is shown (Zaurus version only).
• Remove - remove the dictionary from list of available fictionaries in zbedic. Note that the file will not be removed.
•  Create new editable dictionary. See more.
• Properties - show / edit dictionary meta-data. See more.

Misc Tab

• Words in list - number of words shown in the wordlist box
• 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