Conman’s Dictionary

We’re Under Construction! This will eventually host the new and improved website for Conman’s Dictionary.

Overview

Conman’s Dictionary is a dictionary application. It is primarily geared for armchair linguists who are working on constructed languages (hence the name). It probably will not be that good if it’s used for any other, more serious and more comprehensive use.

The application has two word lists at a time so you can maintain translations both ways. Both of the lists have headwords and translations to another language, word classes, and categorisation options. You can flag words that need attention.

The application uses its own XML file format, and can export the dictionary in the plain text format used by dictd. (Ostensibly. I don’t actually use dictd, you see; I just need it to be in plain text format.)

Conman’s Dictionary is distributed under the GNU General Public License version 3. It is developed by Rose Midford, primarily for the Avarthrel worldbuilding project.

Contents

• Build instructions: Don’t fancy the binaries? Just build it from the source.
• Subprojects and components (Upcoming): What tools are there? How is the source laid out?
• Design and history: Why does Conman’s Dictionary actually exist? What has led to this point?
• Roadmap: What needs to be done until the C# version takes wings?
• Contributing: Or rather, why you shouldn’t contact me at this stage! I’m definitely open for suggestions later, however.
• Old scripts: Really old and obsolete.