4.2.0

Changes since 4.1.0

• Breaking changes:

  • Replace glos.getAuthor() with glos.author
    • This looks for "author" and then "publisher" keys in info/metadata
  • Rename option apply_css to css for mobi and epub2
  • glos.getInfo and glos.setInfo only accept str as key (or a subclass of str)

• Bug fixes:

  • Indirect mode: Fix handling '|' character in words.

    • Escape/unescape | in words when converting entry <-> rawEntry

  • Escape/unescape | in words when writing/reading text-based file formats

  • JSON: Prevent duplicate keys in json output, #344

    • Add new method glos.preventDuplicateWords()

• Features and improvements

  • Add SQLite mode with --sqlite flag for converting to StarDict.

    • Eliminates the need to load all entries into RAM, limiting RAM usage.
    • You can add --sqlite to you command, even for running GUI.
      • For example: python3 main.py --tk --sqlite
    • See README.md for more details.

  • Add --source-lang and --target-lang flags

  • XDXF: support more tags and improvements

  • Add unit tests for Glossary class, and some functions in text_utils.py

  • Windows: change cache directory to %LOCALAPPDATA%

  • Some refactoring and optimization

  • Update, improve and re-format documentations