Youdao Dictionary interface for Emacs
youdao-dictionary
is a simple Youdao Dictionary (有道词典) interface for Emacs.
Installation
Install youdao-dictionary
from MELPA with:
M-x package-install RET youdao-dictionary RET
Usage
youdao-dictionary-search-at-point
- Search word at point and display result with buffer
youdao-dictionary-search-at-point+
- Search word at point and display result with popup-tip
youdao-dictionary-search-from-input
- Search word from input and display result with buffer
youdao-dictionary-search-and-replace
- Search word at point and display result with popup-menu, replace word with selected translation.
youdao-dictionary-play-voice-at-point
- Play voice of word at point (by @snyh)
youdao-dictionary-play-voice-from-input
- Play voice of word from input (by @snyh)
Sample configuration
;; Enable Cache
(setq url-automatic-caching t)
;; Example Key binding
(global-set-key (kbd "C-c y") 'youdao-dictionary-search-at-point)
;; Integrate with popwin-el (https://github.com/m2ym/popwin-el)
;; (push "*Youdao Dictionary*" popwin:special-display-config)
;; Set file path for saving search history
;; (setq youdao-dictionary-search-history-file "~/.emacs.d/.youdao")
;; Enable Chinese word segmentation support (支持中文分词)
;; (setq youdao-dictionary-use-chinese-word-segmentation t)
Notes: A external Chinese word segmentation tool (e.g. 结巴分词) is needed to enable Chinese word segmentation support. For more info, see chinese-word-at-point.el#prerequisite.