penelope 3.1.3.0
Penelope is a multi-tool for creating, editing and converting dictionaries, especially for eReader devices
License: MIT License
Keywords: Dictionary,Dictionaries,Index,Merge,Flatten,eReader,eReaders,Bookeen,CSV,EPUB,MOBI,Kindle,Kobo,StarDict,XML,MARISA,kindlegen,dictzip

Penelope
========

**Penelope** is a multi-tool for creating, editing and converting
dictionaries, especially for eReader devices.

-  Version: 3.1.3
-  Date: 2016-09-23
-  Developer: `Alberto Pettarin <http://www.albertopettarin.it/>`__
-  License: the MIT License (MIT)
-  Contact: `click here <http://www.albertopettarin.it/contact.html>`__

With the current version you can:

-  convert a dictionary from/to the following formats:

   -  Bookeen Cybook Odyssey (R/W)
   -  CSV (R/W)
   -  EPUB (W only)
   -  MOBI (Kindle, W only)
   -  Kobo (R index only, W unencrypted/unobfuscated only)
   -  StarDict (R/W)
   -  XML (R/W)

-  merge several dictionaries of the same type into a single dictionary
-  merge several definitions for the same headword
-  sort by headword and/or by definition
-  define your own input parser to merge/sort/edit definitions
-  define your own collation function (``bookeen`` output format only)
-  output an EPUB file containing the dictionary (e.g., to cope with the
   lack of a search function of your eReader)
-  output a MOBI (Kindle) dictionary

Important Update
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

-  2016-04-17 Sadly, I can no longer afford to spend time working on
   Penelope, as my other FLOSS projects take 100% of my FLOSS time, and
   I still need to pay rent and bills, spend time with family and
   friends, etc., as anyone else. Therefore, I will not work on issues
   or pull requests, **please do not expect they will be dealt with at
   all**. I am actively **looking for other developers to take this
   project over**. (This notice should be removed when the changeover
   happens.) If you need to convert a dictionary and the current version
   of Penelope does not work for you, you might want to have a look at
   `**PyGlossary** <https://github.com/ilius/pyglossary>`__. My most
   sincere apologies for the inconvenience.

Installation
------------

Using pip
~~~~~~~~~

1. Open a console and type:

   .. code:: bash

       $ [sudo] pip install penelope

2. That's it! Just run without arguments (or with ``-h`` or ``--help``)
   to get the manual:

   .. code:: bash

       $ penelope

This procedure will install ``lxml`` and ``marisa-trie``. You might need
to install ``dictzip`` (StarDict output) and ``kindlegen`` (MOBI output)
separately, see below.

From source code
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

1. Get the source code:

   -  clone this repo with ``git``:

      .. code:: bash

          $ git clone https://github.com/pettarin/penelope.git

   -  or download the `latest
      release <https://github.com/pettarin/penelope/releases>`__ and
      uncompress it somewhere,
   -  or download the `current master
      ZIP <https://github.com/pettarin/penelope/archive/master.zip>`__
      and uncompress it somewhere.

2. Open a console and enter the ``penelope`` (cloned) directory:

   .. code:: bash

       $ cd /path/to/penelope

3. That's it! Just run without arguments (or with ``-h`` or ``--help``)
   to get the manual:

   .. code:: bash

       $ python -m penelope

This procedure will not install any dependencies: you will need to do
that manually, see below.

Dependencies
~~~~~~~~~~~~

-  Python, version 2.7.x or 3.4.x (or above)

-  to write StarDict dictionaries: the ``dictzip`` executable, available
   in your ``$PATH`` or specified with ``--dictzip-path``:

   .. code:: bash

       $ [sudo] apt-get install dictzip

-  to read/write Kobo dictionaries: the Python module ``marisa-trie``:

   .. code:: bash

       $ [sudo] pip install marisa-trie

or `MARISA <https://code.google.com/p/marisa-trie/>`__ executables
available in your ``$PATH`` or specified with ``--marisa-bin-path``

-  to write MOBI Kindle dictionaries: the
   `kindlegen <https://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?docId=1000765211>`__
   executable, available in your ``$PATH`` or specified with
   ``--kindlegen-path``

-  to read/write XML dictionaries: the Python module ``lxml``:

   .. code:: bash

       $ [sudo] pip install lxml

Usage
-----

::

    usage: 
      $ penelope -h
      $ penelope -i INPUT_FILE -j INPUT_FORMAT -f LANGUAGE_FROM -t LANGUAGE_TO -p OUTPUT_FORMAT -o OUTPUT_FILE [OPTIONS]
      $ penelope -i IN1,IN2[,IN3...] -j INPUT_FORMAT -f LANGUAGE_FROM -t LANGUAGE_TO -p OUTPUT_FORMAT -o OUTPUT_FILE [OPTIONS]

    description:
      Convert dictionary file(s) with file name prefix INPUT_FILE from format INPUT_FORMAT to format OUTPUT_FORMAT, saving it as OUTPUT_FILE.
      The dictionary is from LANGUAGE_FROM to LANGUAGE_TO, possibly the same.
      You can merge several dictionaries (with the same format), by providing a list of comma-separated prefixes, as shown by the third synopsis above.

    optional arguments:
      -h, --help            show this help message and exit
      -d, --debug           enable debug mode (default: False)
      -f LANGUAGE_FROM, --language-from LANGUAGE_FROM
                            from language (ISO 639-1 code)
      -i INPUT_FILE, --input-file INPUT_FILE
                            input file name prefix(es). Multiple prefixes must be
                            comma-separated.
      -j INPUT_FORMAT, --input-format INPUT_FORMAT
                            from format (values: bookeen|csv|kobo|stardict|xml)
      -k, --keep            keep temporary files (default: False)
      -o OUTPUT_FILE, --output-file OUTPUT_FILE
                            output file name
      -p OUTPUT_FORMAT, --output-format OUTPUT_FORMAT
                            to format (values:
                            bookeen|csv|epub|kobo|mobi|stardict|xml)
      -t LANGUAGE_TO, --language-to LANGUAGE_TO
                            to language (ISO 639-1 code)
      -v, --version         print version and exit
      --author AUTHOR       author string
      --copyright COPYRIGHT
                            copyright string
      --cover-path COVER_PATH
                            path of the cover image file
      --description DESCRIPTION
                            description string
      --email EMAIL         email string
      --identifier IDENTIFIER
                            identifier string
      --license LICENSE     license string
      --title TITLE         title string
      --website WEBSITE     website string
      --year YEAR           year string
      --apply-css APPLY_CSS
                            apply the given CSS file (epub and mobi output only)
      --bookeen-collation-function BOOKEEN_COLLATION_FUNCTION
                            use the specified collation function
      --bookeen-install-file
                            create *.install file (default: False)
      --csv-fs CSV_FS       CSV field separator (default: ',')
      --csv-ignore-first-line
                            ignore the first line of the input CSV file(s)
                            (default: False)
      --csv-ls CSV_LS       CSV line separator (default: '\n')
      --dictzip-path DICTZIP_PATH
                            path to dictzip executable
      --epub-no-compress    do not create the compressed container (epub output
                            only, default: False)
      --escape-strings      escape HTML strings (default: False)
      --flatten-synonyms    flatten synonyms, creating a new entry with
                            headword=synonym and using the definition of the
                            original headword (default: False)
      --group-by-prefix-function GROUP_BY_PREFIX_FUNCTION
                            compute the prefix of headwords using the given prefix
                            function file
      --group-by-prefix-length GROUP_BY_PREFIX_LENGTH
                            group headwords by prefix of given length (default: 2)
      --group-by-prefix-merge-across-first
                            merge headword groups even when the first character
                            changes (default: False)
      --group-by-prefix-merge-min-size GROUP_BY_PREFIX_MERGE_MIN_SIZE
                            merge headword groups until the given minimum number
                            of headwords is reached (default: 0, meaning no merge
                            will take place)
      --ignore-case         ignore headword case, all headwords will be lowercased
                            (default: False)
      --ignore-synonyms     ignore synonyms, not reading/writing them if present
                            (default: False)
      --include-index-page  include an index page (epub and mobi output only,
                            default: False)
      --input-file-encoding INPUT_FILE_ENCODING
                            use the specified encoding for reading the raw
                            contents of input file(s) (default: 'utf-8')
      --input-parser INPUT_PARSER
                            use the specified parser function after reading the
                            raw contents of input file(s)
      --kindlegen-path KINDLEGEN_PATH
                            path to kindlegen executable
      --marisa-bin-path MARISA_BIN_PATH
                            path to MARISA bin directory
      --marisa-index-size MARISA_INDEX_SIZE
                            maximum size of the MARISA index (default: 1000000)
      --merge-definitions   merge definitions for the same headword (default:
                            False)
      --merge-separator MERGE_SEPARATOR
                            add this string between merged definitions (default: '
                            | ')
      --mobi-no-kindlegen   do not run kindlegen, keep .opf and .html files
                            (default: False)
      --no-definitions      do not output definitions for EPUB and MOBI formats
                            (default: False)
      --sd-ignore-sametypesequence
                            ignore the value of sametypesequence in StarDict .ifo
                            files (default: False)
      --sd-no-dictzip       do not compress the .dict file in StarDict files
                            (default: False)
      --sort-after          sort after merging/flattening (default: False)
      --sort-before         sort before merging/flattening (default: False)
      --sort-by-definition  sort by definition (default: False)
      --sort-by-headword    sort by headword (default: False)
      --sort-ignore-case    ignore case when sorting (default: False)
      --sort-reverse        reverse the sort order (default: False)

    examples:

      $ penelope -i dict.csv -j csv -f en -t it -p stardict -o output.zip
        Convert en->it dictionary dict.csv (in CSV format) into output.zip (in StarDict format)

      $ penelope -i dict.csv -j csv -f en -t it -p stardict -o output.zip --merge-definitions
        As above, but also merge definitions

      $ penelope -i d1,d2,d3 -j csv -f en -t it -p csv -o output.csv --sort-after --sort-by-headword
        Merge CSV dictionaries d1, d2, and d3 into output.csv, sorting by headword

      $ penelope -i d1,d2,d3 -j csv -f en -t it -p csv -o output.csv --sort-after --sort-by-headword --sort-ignore-case
        As above, but ignore case for sorting

      $ penelope -i d1,d2,d3 -j csv -f en -t it -p csv -o output.csv --sort-after --sort-by-headword --sort-reverse
        As above, but reverse the order

      $ penelope -i dict.zip -j stardict -f en -t it -p csv -o output.csv
        Convert en->it dictionary dict.zip (in StarDict format) into output.csv (in CSV format)

      $ penelope -i dict.zip -j stardict -f en -t it -p csv -o output.csv --ignore-synonyms
        As above, but do not read the .syn synonym file if present

      $ penelope -i dict.zip -j stardict -f en -t it -p csv -o output.csv --flatten-synonyms
        As above, but flatten synonyms

      $ penelope -i dict.zip -j stardict -f en -t it -p bookeen -o output
        Convert dict.zip into output.dict.idx and output.dict for Bookeen devices

      $ penelope -i dict.zip -j stardict -f en -t it -p kobo -o dicthtml-en-it
        Convert dict.zip into dicthtml-en-it.zip for Kobo devices

      $ penelope -i dict.csv -j csv -f en -t it -p mobi -o output.mobi --cover-path mycover.png --title "My English->Italian Dictionary"
        Convert dict.csv into a MOBI (Kindle) dictionary, using the specified cover image and title

      $ penelope -i dict.xml -j xml -f en -t it -p mobi -o output.epub
        Convert dict.xml into an EPUB dictionary

      $ penelope -i dict.xml -j xml -f en -t it -p mobi -o output.epub --epub-output-definitions
        As above, but also output definitions

You can find ISO 639-1 language codes
`here <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes>`__.

Installing the Dictionaries
---------------------------

Bookeen Odyssey Devices
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

For example, suppose you want to use an IT -> EN dictionary.

1. On your PC, produce/download the IT -> EN dictionary files
   ``it-en.dict`` and ``it-en.dict.idx``.
2. Connect your Odyssey device to your PC via the USB cable.
3. Using your file manager, copy the two files ``it-en.dict`` and
   ``it-en.dict.idx`` from your PC into the ``Dictionaries/`` directory
   on your Odyssey device.
4. Reboot your Odyssey, open a book in Italian and select a word: the
   definition in English should appear. (For this test, select a common
   word so you are sure it is present in the dictionary!)

Note that the Bookeen dictionary software will select the dictionary to
use by reading the ``dc:language`` metadata of your eBook. Make sure
your eBooks have the proper ``dc:language`` metadata, otherwise the
correct dictionary might not be loaded.

Kobo Devices
~~~~~~~~~~~~

At the time of this writing (2016-02-16), Kobo devices will load
dictionaries only if the files have a file name of an official Kobo
dictionaries, which are:

-  ``dicthtml.zip`` (EN)
-  ``dicthtml-de.zip`` (DE), ``dicthtml-de-en.zip`` (DE -> EN),
   ``dicthtml-en-de.zip`` (EN -> DE),
-  ``dicthtml-es.zip`` (ES), ``dicthtml-es-en.zip`` (ES -> EN),
   ``dicthtml-en-es.zip`` (EN -> ES),
-  ``dicthtml-fr.zip`` (FR), ``dicthtml-fr-en.zip`` (FR -> EN),
   ``dicthtml-en-fr.zip`` (EN -> FR),
-  ``dicthtml-it.zip`` (IT), ``dicthtml-it-en.zip`` (IT -> EN),
   ``dicthtml-en-it.zip`` (EN -> IT),
-  ``dicthtml-nl.zip`` (NL)
-  ``dicthtml-ja.zip`` (JA), ``dicthtml-en-ja.zip`` (EN -> JA),
-  ``dicthtml-pt.zip`` (PT), ``dicthtml-pt-en.zip`` (PT -> EN),
   ``dicthtml-en-pt.zip`` (EN -> PT)

(see `this MobileRead
thread <http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=196931>`__)

Hence, if you want to install a custom dictionary produced with
Penelope, you must choose to overwrite one of the official Kobo
dictionaries, effectively loosing the possibility of using the latter.

For example, suppose you want to use a Polish dictionary
(``dicthtml-pl.zip``), while you are not interested in using the
official Portuguese one (``dicthtml-pt.zip``).

1. On your PC, produce/download the Polish dictionary
   ``dicthtml-pl.zip``.
2. In your Kobo device, go to the settings and activate the Portuguese
   dictionary.
3. Connect your Kobo device to your PC via the USB cable.
4. Using your file manager, copy ``dicthtml-pl.zip`` from your PC into
   the ``.kobo/dict/`` directory on your Kobo device. (Note that
   ``.kobo`` is a hidden directory: you might need to enable the "show
   hidden files/directories" setting of your file manager.)
5. Rename ``dicthtml-pl.zip`` into ``dicthtml-pt.zip``.
6. Reboot your Kobo, open a book in Polish and select a word: the
   definition should appear. (For this test, select a common word so you
   are sure it is present in the dictionary!)

Note that if you update the firmware of your Kobo, the custom
dictionaries might be overwritten with the official ones. Hence, keep a
backup copy of your custom dictionaries in a safe place, e.g. your PC or
a SD card.

You can find a list of custom dictionaries, mostly done with Penelope,
in `this MobileRead
thread <http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=232883>`__.

License
-------

**Penelope** is released under the MIT License since version 2.0.0
(2014-06-30).

Previous versions, hosted by `Google
Code <http://code.google.com/p/penelope-dictionary-converter/>`__, were
released under the GNU GPL 3 License.

Limitations and Missing Features
--------------------------------

-  Bookeen has no official documentation for its dictionary format (it
   has been reverse-engineered), YMMV
-  Kobo has no official documentation for its dictionary format (it has
   been reverse-engineered), YMMV
-  Reading Kobo dictionaries is partially supported (the index is read,
   the definitions are not, as they are encrypted/obfuscated)
-  Reading EPUB (3) dictionaries is not supported; the writing part
   needs polishing/refactoring
-  Reading PRC/MOBI (Kindle) dictionaries is not supported
-  There are some limitations on StarDict files that can be read (see
   comments in ``format_stardict.py``)
-  Documentation is not complete
-  Unit tests are missing

Sponsors
--------

-  **December 2015**: `IngleseXpress.it <http://IngleseXpress.it>`__,
   "Grazie per averci aiutato a pubblicare per Kindle il `Dizionario
   Inglese-Italiano della Pronuncia Scritta
   Semplificata <http://www.amazon.it/Dizionario-Inglese-Italiano-Pronuncia-Scritta-Semplificata-ebook/dp/B019BE5WVW>`__!"

Acknowledgments
---------------

Many thanks to:

-  *uwelovesdonna* for contributing ideas for improving the code and for
   setting up many pages of the project wiki;
-  *Jens Sadowski* for pointing out a bug with Unicode file names and
   for suggesting using multiset ``dict()`` instead of set ``dict()``;
-  *oldnat* for pointing out a bug under Windows and Python 3;
-  *Wolfgang Miller-Reichling* for providing the code for reading CSV
   dictionaries;
-  *branok* for providing the idea and initial code for German collation
   function;
-  *pal* for suggesting passing ``-l`` switch to ``MARISA_BUILD``;
-  *Lukas Brückner* for suggesting escaping ``& < >`` when outputting in
   XML format;
-  *Stephan Lichtenhagen* for suggesting forcing UTF-8 encoding on
   Python 3;
-  *niconavarrete* for pointing out the dependency from $CWD (issue #1),
   solved in v2.0.1;
-  *elchamaco* for providing a StarDict dictionary with a ``.syn`` file
   for testing.