Lexwright — Support
A dictionary reader for the dictionaries you choose: StarDict folders and archives you already have, or open ones installed from the catalog.
Requirements
macOS 14 (Sonoma) or later. No dictionary data ships inside the app, so the first thing to do is install one.
Questions people ask
- The app is empty when I open it.
- Nothing is bundled — that is deliberate, so you install only the dictionaries you want. The catalog opens on first launch; pick one and the app downloads, unpacks and indexes it. Or drop a StarDict folder on the window.
- Which dictionary files can I import?
- StarDict: a folder holding
.ifo, .idx and .dict (or .dict.dz), or an archive of one — .zip, .tar.gz, .tar.bz2, .tar.xz. Drop it on the window or use Dictionary › Import.
- Why can't the app see the dictionaries I installed for another app?
- It runs in Apple's sandbox, so it reads only its own folder and the files you hand it. Import them once and they are copied in.
- “Look Up in Lexwright” is missing from the Services menu.
- macOS files a new service away switched off. Turn it on in System Settings › Keyboard › Keyboard Shortcuts › Services. Lexwright's own settings have a button that opens that pane.
- A dictionary shows tags like <font> instead of formatting.
- Some StarDict files declare their articles as plain text and then write HTML. Lexwright reads that correctly from version 1.0.1 onwards; if you still see tags in a file, send it and it will be looked at.
- Can I get my dictionary back out?
- Yes. The info panel for each dictionary exports it as a zip, with its licence file inside.
Reporting a problem
Email lexwright@haeonix.com with the app version from
its About window, what you expected, and what happened instead. A file that reproduces it helps
more than anything else.