Better Dictionaries

[Vijay Kumar Sharma]

4 hours ago, deanishe said:

 

You've read the error message, haven't you? The SSL certificate on the server has expired. Only the people at ipaaudio.click can fix that. There's nothing @Mr Pennyworth can do about it (other than switch to a different service).

Ok, thanks. And yes, I read the message but wasn't sure how to interpret that. 

[deanishe]

4 hours ago, Vijay Kumar Sharma said:

wasn't sure how to interpret that.

 

Right, sorry. As a rule, whenever you see an SSL error (or any other kind of "can't connect to server" error), the problem is with the network or the website/server and there's nothing a workflow author can do about it (unless they also run the server).

 

It's still worth reporting the issue if it persists for more than a few days, but this kind of error is very rarely something a workflow's developer can address: it's not their stuff that's broken, and they won't be able to do anything about it or tell you much more than the error message already does.

[Vijay Kumar Sharma]

Deanishe, grateful for taking time out for me with the detailed response. Helps my understanding. I have been checking the service, but it hasn't been working as yet. Unsure, what other services are available and where, which I can tap in. Shall try to google and find out. Many thanks once again.   

[svtzr]

Any chance anyone would reconsider building this workflow? I used it a lot and am not very keen to install Python 2 but the functionality was great.

[demonxinghen]

thanks for sharing, but it doesn't work on my Mac.

 

I imported other dictionaries. when I typed .dict-import, it can't found them.

 

[demonxinghen]

 

could u help me?

[AndreProducer]

not trying to be a pain, but is there information anywhere that you have to install python in order to run this workflow?

[kraig85]

On 11/22/2020 at 2:53 PM, Pinuz said:

 

Thank you for trying to solve this  Unfortunately, the bug is still there.

Hi. Was a fix for this ever found? I'm having the same problem (using ultrawide monitor as main display) and I can't seem to find a fix for the panel being lower on the screen than the 'Alfred box' (I've tried searching, I promise 🙂 ).

 

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[sepulchra]

 

It looks like this workflow is not being actively maintained. As an alternative, you might look at this workflow that @zeitlings just developed: 

 

[Sekibutsu]

Just to let everyone know, the workflow still works flawlessly after a small and easy-to-execute tweak, which you can find by scrolling down this issue request from the original github page of the workflow: https://github.com/mr-pennyworth/alfred-better-dictionaries/issues/15

 

Here is also a copy-paste of the instructions:

 

1. STEP 1: install python2, see https://www.alfredapp.com/help/kb/python-2-monterey/ (and https://www.alfredapp.com/blog/guides-and-tutorials/python-2-workflows-on-macos-monterey-12-3/ 

Then follow these instructions:

2. STEP 2. add export PATH="/opt/homebrew/bin:/usr/local/bin:${PATH}" as first line to all your Search ... Script Filters in the workflow

In this step, you need add export PATH="/opt/homebrew/bin:/usr/local/bin:${PATH}" to the dictionaries' scripts.

3. STEP 3. In:
   .../workflows/user.workflow.AD8AD798-4133-46AE-8668-A65FC514A03B/AlfredExtraPane.app/Contents/Resources/scripts/alfred.py"
   and
   .../workflows/user.workflow.AD8AD798-4133-46AE-8668-A65FC514A03B/AlfredExtraPane.app/Contents/Resources/scripts/alfred-extra-pane"
   add this as first line to use python2 instead of python3: #!/usr/bin/env python

To find the file you need to modify, follow these steps:

Then go to Contents - Resources - scripts

Then open alfred-extra-pane and alfred.py with TextEdit.app, add #!/usr/bin/env python at the top.

Note:

• If you encounter any error popups saying "Open Console" or "Terminate", just tap "Open Console" and repeat the step again.
• In the whole process you may need to go to 'System Preference - Security & Privacy - General' and 'System Preference - Security & Privacy - Privacy - Accessibility` for authorization several times.

 

Doesn't take many minutes and it works instantly.

Edited April 2, 2023 by Sekibutsu

[scottpie]

Thank you so much for this fix! I just found this workflow and am so hyped someone got it working again! ❤️

[Belfong]

I am using Ventura and already have phython3 installed via home-brew.

Based on the GitHub comment, phython2 is required.

Is it ok to have both pythons 2 and 3 installed in the Mac?

[vitor]

On 10/28/2023 at 2:46 PM, Belfong said:

Is it ok to have both pythons 2 and 3 installed in the Mac?

Yes.

[Belfong]

I cannot get this to work unfortunately but I think I have imported quite a number of dictionaries. From the first page, one imported dictionary can be very large html files. With limited SSD space in the Mac, how can I delete these dictionaries. I deleted the workflow and look at the workflow directory in Trash but there is no dictionary files in there. Are they imported somewhere else?

[kecinzer]

20 hours ago, Belfong said:

I cannot get this to work unfortunately but I think I have imported quite a number of dictionaries. From the first page, one imported dictionary can be very large html files. With limited SSD space in the Mac, how can I delete these dictionaries. I deleted the workflow and look at the workflow directory in Trash but there is no dictionary files in there. Are they imported somewhere else?

It's here - ~/Library/Application Support/Alfred/Workflow Data/mr.pennyworth.betterDicts.

After you uninstall workflow, you can delete this folder.

[Belfong]

You’re awesome. Thank you!

[andy4222]

@Mr Pennyworth Thanks for making this workflow. Do you know how to resolve this error? Many people also reported this on the GitHub issues as well

 

```

[00:38:06.066] ERROR: Better Dictionaries[Run Script] xattr: ./AlfredExtraPane.app: No such xattr: com.apple.quarantine
xattr: ./alfred-dict-server: No such xattr: com.apple.quarantine
xattr: ./BetterDict: No such xattr: com.apple.quarantine
xattr: ./cocoaDialog.app: No such xattr: com.apple.quarantine
xattr: ./jq: No such xattr: com.apple.quarantine
No matching processes belonging to you were found

```

[Mr Pennyworth]

@andy4222 thanks for the bug report!

The latest release should fix this bug:

https://github.com/mr-pennyworth/alfred-better-dictionaries/releases/tag/0.2.9

[andy4222]

@Mr Pennyworth seeing this on .dict-import after updating to 0.2.9

```

[14:49:36.398] ERROR: Better Dictionaries[Script Filter] Code 1: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "PyInstaller/hooks/rthooks/pyi_rth_pkgres.py", line 158, in <module>
  File "PyInstaller/hooks/rthooks/pyi_rth_pkgres.py", line 36, in _pyi_rthook
  File "PyInstaller/loader/pyimod02_importers.py", line 419, in exec_module
  File "pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 77, in <module>
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pkg_resources.extern'
[11417] Failed to execute script 'pyi_rth_pkgres' due to unhandled exception!

```

Edited June 17 by andy4222

[Mr Pennyworth]

@andy4222 what macOS version are you using? Also, is that an Apple Silicon mac or an Intel one?

 

Thanks for the report! Fixed in https://github.com/mr-pennyworth/alfred-better-dictionaries/releases/tag/0.2.10

Edited June 18 by Mr Pennyworth

[andy4222]

@Mr Pennyworth I like that right side bar that shows up with the word definition. Is there an easy way to use that for other workflows? Any documentation or examples?

 

Edited June 18 by andy4222

[Mr Pennyworth]

@andy4222 It is not a well-polished project, and there are likely a lot of bugs, but here you go: https://github.com/mr-pennyworth/alfred-extra-pane

[olivergiangvu]

Hi just found this awesome workflow but I can't seem get it to work.

I'm on Alfred 5.5 - macOS 14.5 Python 3 only.
Is this still need python 2 to work.

Thanks!

[olivergiangvu]

5 hours ago, olivergiangvu said:

Hi just found this awesome workflow but I can't seem get it to work.

I'm on Alfred 5.5 - macOS 14.5 Python 3 only.
Is this still need python 2 to work.

Thanks!

Just make it work now - My bad on the dictionary import step.
Now all good and running flawlessly.

Reconfirm no need Python 2 separately install for this to work.