Waydict: dictionary importer

Waydict is an open-source, free anki add-on that lets you import your favorite dictionary and add its definitions to notes.
Usage
After installation, the add-on can be accessed in multiple ways.
Selecting any option will open a dialog to process all notes currently selected.
First, you should set a dictionary and a note configuration; after pressing Start, notes will be updated.
To access the dialog, choose one of the following options on the browser menu:
ๅฎ button inside note editor.
Add definition action in edit menu or right-click context menu.
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Edit Menu |
Context Menu |
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1. Select a dictionary
At the top-right of the dialog, there's a Browse button that will let you select a zip file containing the dictionary entries.
To check if a dictionary was properly imported, use the Preview tab to search a word definition.
There are three text formats to choose from:
HTML-Full: keep all HTML.
HTML-Brief: keep only list elements, discard styles.
Plain-Text: format list elements to plain text.
[!WARNING]
Only dictionaries on yomitan format are currently supported.
To access a handful of those, please refer to yomitan wiki.
2. Set note options
Given a selection of notes, definitions will only be added on those that match the given note configuration:
Note type: target note type.
Source field: field with the word to be searched.
Destination field: field in which definitions will be added.
Overwrite destination: overwrite destination even if it has content.
Installation
AnkiWeb
The easiest way to install Waydict is through AnkiWeb add-on code: 377012597.
- Open Anki > Tools > Add-ons >
Get Add-ons.
- Paste the code and hit
Ok.
Manual installation
- Download waydict.zip file from the latest release.
- Open Anki > Tools > Add-ons >
Install from file.
- Select and open the downloaded file.
Contributing
Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to: