MDX -> Apple: extract css file

[sonerfromnurland]

Doesn't a .mdx/.mdd file contain ".css" file? When I want to convert it to AppleDict format, always extract same css file. For example, this link(cambridge) and this link(collins) extract same css file. The css file is useless because it doesn't actually contain codes to make preview beautiful. What point am I missing? I have also tried other dicts that is of .mdx file format. But they look pretty ugly since there is no a suitable css file.

Both file extracts the following css,

@charset "UTF-8";
@namespace d url(http://www.apple.com/DTDs/DictionaryService-1.0.rng);

@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
	html {
		-apple-color-filter: apple-invert-lightness();
	}

	img {
		filter: invert(0%);
	}
}

d|entry {
}

h1	{
	font-size: 150%;
}

h3	{
	font-size: 100%;
}

.ex, .m, .m0, .m1, .m2, .m3, .m4, .m5, .m6, .m7, .m8, .m9 {
	display: block;
}

.m  { margin-left: 0em; }
.m0 { margin-left: 0em; }
.m1 { margin-left: 1em; }
.m2 { margin-left: 2em; }
.m3 { margin-left: 3em; }
.m4 { margin-left: 4em; }
.m5 { margin-left: 5em; }
.m6 { margin-left: 6em; }
.m7 { margin-left: 7em; }
.m8 { margin-left: 8em; }
.m9 { margin-left: 9em; }

.ex + br,
.k + br { display: none; }

.c {
	color: green;
}

.p {
	font-style: italic;
	color: green;
}

.ex {
	color: #666;
}

.u {
	text-decoration: underline;
}

/* xdxf support */
.k {
	color: black;
	font-weight: bold;
	display: block;
}
.tr {
	color: black;
}
.abr {
	color: #008000;
	font-style: italic;
}
.hideextra .extra {
	display: none;
}
.stress {
	color: #FF0000;
}
.kref {
	color: #000080;
	text-decoration: none;
}
.pr {
	color: #000080;
	white-space: nowrap;
	text-decoration: none;
	overflow: hidden;
	text-overflow: ellipsis;
	padding-right: 1ex;
}

[ilius]

What's the name of css file?

[sonerfromnurland]

what we wrote as output file, that is it while using this tool.

[ilius]

Apple Dict writer creates it's own css file to make it look nice in Apple Dict, because most input formats don't have a css file.
In this case, to use the css file from input MDD, you have to first extract it.
So try following steps:

• Run pyglossary CALD4.mdx CALD4.txt
• Look at CALD4.txt_res directory and find the name of css file
• Run pyglossary CALD4.mdx CALD4.apple --write-options=css=CALD4.txt_res/FILE.css, giving your css file name at the end.

[ilius]

The reason I'm not sure about making this automatic is that MDD file may contain several css files, each one used in some entries, and we don't keep track of their usage.

Please let's see if this works.
Perhaps we can make it a bit easier later.

[Archie-King]

@ilius When I use ui-gtk3 or command line to convert .mdx to apple-dictionary, there are some issues with splitting words. Some sentences have no spaces between words, which are normally in other programs using .mdx files. How to solve it?

[ilius]

Which glossary is this?
Can't find it in either one you attached.

[ilius]

It shows fine with AyanDict when I convert Collins to StarDict.