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 🙂 ).

 

C

[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!