swe 0.2.1

Command line interface for Folkets lexikon, the Swedish-English dictionary

swe - Swedish-English Dictionary

swe is a command-line interface to the great Swedish-English dictionary "Folkets lexikon". It works 100% offline. Users can explore translations, idioms, synonoms and more. It can also be used for finding words containing specific substrings, and for listening to the pronunciations of words.

Installation

swe is a Python script with zero dependecies. Place the swe.py somewhere in your $PATH and you should be good to go. For example:

$ git clone https://github.com/bjesus/swe.git
$ sudo cp swe/swe.py /usr/bin/swe
$ chmod +x /usr/bin/swe
$ swe ord

Zsh Completion

The repository includes a Zsh completion file _swe to enhance the user experience by enabling word auto-completion.

To enable Zsh completion, do the following:

$ cp swe/_swe ~/.zsh/completion/_swe
$ chmod +x ~/.zsh/completion/_swe

You will need to restart Zsh for the changes to take effect.

Usage

1. swe -s ord - Print all words containing the specified substring ("ord" in this example).
2. swe ord - Print the translation for the specified word
3. swe - Play the sound of the latest translated word