Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Edition v3 dict edition ======================================================== This is a collection of scripts to convert the Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Edition (software version v3) into the jargon and DICT formats. Dependencies ------------ - To create DICT files the 'dictfmt' and 'dictzip' tools need to be installed. - The files 1-10.htm from the OED CDs need to be copied into this directory. Some are under the 'Data/' directory on the CDs. Install ------- - To create a .jargon file, run 'make oed.jargon' - To create a .dict file, run 'make oed.dict', or for a compressed version 'make oed.dict.dz' - To install the dictionary for dictd, run 'make install' Notes ----- The dictionary included in v3 is the same as v4, but with v4 the OED started encrypting the dictionary files. They probably wouldn't be difficult to decrypt, but I haven't the time or inclination to do so. If anyone wants to, let me know how you get on and I'll very happily incorporate support for it. If your version of make supports it, and you have multiple CPUs, you can use 'make -j' instead of 'make' to significantly speed up the build process.