Babeleo translator

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Description:

A fast translator and web query plasmoid for KDE

Features:

- translates the clipboard contents or submits it to a search engine of your choice simply by clicking on the icon or pressing the keyboard shortcut. The corresponding page gets opened in the standard web-browser. The query can also be entered manually in a text field instead of using the clipboard.

- many search engines preconfigured: leo.org, pons.de, google, wikipedia, duden.de, open dictionary, etc... The plasmoid can be used for many other things than just translations.

- new search engines can easily be added.

- fast switching between different translation languages or search engines.


Requirements:

KDE4 >= 4.2

installation from source

You will need the utility cmake and some development packages. To install them:

Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install cmake kdebase-workspace-dev kdelibs5-dev

SUSE: sudo zypper install cmake libkde4-devel kdebase4-workspace-devel

To install the plasmoid, unpack the archive, go to it's main directory and execute this commands:

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ../ -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=`kde4-config --prefix`
make
sudo make install
kbuildsycoca4

After that, the plasmoid should show up in the add widgets dialog.

If not, you can try to execute:

killall plasma-desktop && plasma-desktop

optional: import GPG-Key:

for those who download Babeleo through the Ubuntu PPA (see download links below), the GPG key of the PPA can be imported this way:

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 7AB1A390

notes

The fish icons are modified versions of an icon in the Crystal Clear icon set by Everaldo Coelho. File Crystal_Clear_app_babelfish_vector.svg (LGPL)

Comments are always appreciated, positive or negative!

If you don't like the app, feel free to tell me why, so that I can maybe improve it.

Thanks for voting! :)

todo

- more sorting possibilities for the search engines.
- easy-to-use install script.
- more default search engines.
- add offline dictionaries, for example integration of ding (http://www-user.tu-chemnitz.de/~fri/ding/)
Last changelog:

7 years ago

if you update Babeleo from a version older than 0.4, please remove the plasmoid from the panel and add it again before use.

update 06.05.2013: New packages for Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) and 13.04 (Raring Ringtail)
update 01.05.2013: New package for Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin)

0.5.2 (13.10.2011)
- new AUTHORS file and updated credits
- new packages for SUSE and Ubuntu

0.5.1 (30.09.2009)
- global shortcut for triggering a query works again
- added a possibility for a global shortcut to open the manual query dialog
- added some more search engines to the default list

0.5 (10.09.2009)
- automatic download of icons for the search engines. Babeleo fetches the favicon from the web page of the engine.

0.4.2 (31.08.2009)
- fixed bug which caused plasma to crash

0.4.1 (31.08.2009)
- alphabetical sorting of search engines in the menus.
- added a few more search engines to the default list.
- some of the search engines are now hidden by default.
- source code cosmetics.

0.4 (30.08.2009)
- added a cool new configuration interface fo search engines:
- possibility to add, remove and edit search engines.
- possibility to hide some of the configured search engines.
- possibility to define for each search engine if it should appear in the main context menu or in the "other engines" menu.
- changed plasmoid name as displayed in the "add widgets..." dialog to "Babeleo translator" for easier finding after installation.

0.3.2 (25.08.2009)
- Babeleo now doesn't use the global clipboard content anymore, but the
currently highlighted text. There is no need to type Ctrl+C anymore,
regardless of the klipper-settings.

0.3.1 (24.08.2009)
- removed a bug which could cause plasma to crash directly after a fresh install or an update from an older version of Babeleo.

0.3 (22.08.2009):
- code restructured to easily add more search engines.
- added a few engines to show what's possible. I will add a configuration window to manage the engines in a later version. For now, new engines can be added easily by those who want by editing the sources (babeleo.cpp, after line 137).
- Tooltip shows the current engine.

0.2.1 (20.08.2009):
- improved the behaviour of the text field for manual entry of the query when it gets opened and when it loses focus.
- cleaned up the code.

0.2 (20.08.2009):
- added the possibility to enter a query manually in a small textfield, instead of taking it from the clipboard.

0.1 (18.08.2009):
- initial release.

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snock

6 years ago

One could add key combination for each type of search engine?

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snock

7 years ago

Would be better, instead of opening the web browser. Out a window with the translation.

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bongoMan

7 years ago

Hey, you are the first fan of babeleo! Cool :)

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bongoMan

7 years ago

Yes it would be cool, but it's almost impossible. It would imply to write a parser for the html-pages of every single search engine available in babeleo, to extract the informations we want to display from the web-page. Definitely not feasible... And how could manually added search engines be handled?

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soee

8 years ago

no Oneiric in ppa?

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bongoMan

8 years ago

Here you go! it's in the ppa now...

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bulldog98

10 years ago

You use the icon without giving credit to the artist and mentioning it

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bongoMan

8 years ago

Oh I'm really sorry that I didn't notice this message before and didn't answer more early... And that I didn't give the credits to the artist... Never meant to offend the GPL! The original file comes from the Crystal Clear icon set by Everaldo Coelho.
It's released under the LGPL. Sorry that I didn't mention it...

I will put a notice into the description text on this page and will include the credits into the next build.

Thank you for pointing it out!

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bongoMan

8 years ago

Oh I'm really sorry that I didn't notice this message before and didn't answer more early... And that I didn't give the credits to the artist... Never meant to offend the GPL! The original file comes from the Crystal Clear icon set by Everaldo Coelho.
It's released under the LGPL. Sorry that I didn't mention it...

I will put a notice into the description text on this page and will include the credits into the next build.

Thank you for pointing it out!

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MonikaK

10 years ago

Are you going to add it to the Lucid ppa? It was still working after the upgrade to Lucid, but I had to re-install and now I desperately miss my LEO plasmoid. :'(

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MonikaK

10 years ago

From source didn't work either:

monika@lola:~/downloads/babeleo-0.5.1/build$ cmake ../ -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=`kde4-config --prefix`
-- The C compiler identification is GNU
-- The CXX compiler identification is GNU
-- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/gcc
-- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/gcc -- works
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done
-- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++
-- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++ -- works
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done
CMake Error at /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindKDE4.cmake:98 (MESSAGE):
ERROR: cmake/modules/FindKDE4Internal.cmake not found in
/home/monika/.kde/share/apps;/usr/share/kubuntu-default-settings/kde4-profile/default/share/apps;/usr/share/kde
Call Stack (most recent call first):
CMakeLists.txt:1 (find_package)


CMake Warning (dev) in CMakeLists.txt:
No cmake_minimum_required command is present. A line of code such as

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)

should be added at the top of the file. The version specified may be lower
if you wish to support older CMake versions for this project. For more
information run "cmake --help-policy CMP0000".
This warning is for project developers. Use -Wno-dev to suppress it.

-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!

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raoul

10 years ago

just a suggest: a shortcut for manual query would be Kool. Thank ya!

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bongoMan

10 years ago

I'll look for this, thank you for the proposal!

cheers
Pascal

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bongoMan

10 years ago

done :)

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raoul

10 years ago

Yeah, exactly what I needed for my work! Thanks a lot dude!

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bongoMan

10 years ago

I just added 2 RPMs for SUSE Linux, made with SUSEs build service. I did not test the 64-bit RPM, but it should be ok. Please give me feedback if you encounter any problems with the RPMs.

The RPMs are built against the openSUSE Factory repository, so they are only guaranteed to work with KDE >= 4.3.

cheers
Pascal

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Herz-von-Hessen

10 years ago

Deutsche Version
Hallo,
Ich glaube ich bin zu neu unter Linux um diese Software zu installieren.
Wenn ich die Installation starte dann erhalte ich eine Fehlermeldung:
----------------------------------------
joerg@suse:~/Download/babeleo-0.5> cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=`kde4-config --prefix`
-- The CXX compiler identification is unknown
CMake Error: your CXX compiler: "CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER-NOTFOUND" was not found. Please set CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER to a valid compiler path or name.
CMake Error at /usr/share/cmake/Modules/FindKDE4.cmake:84 (MESSAGE):
ERROR: cmake/modules/FindKDE4Internal.cmake not found in
/home/joerg/.kde4/share/apps;/usr/share/kde4/apps;/etc/kde4/share/apps
----------------------------------------
Ich bin aber ganz sicher das ich sowohl cmake und auch gcc installiert habe. In YAST kann ich kein Programm mit dem Namen cxx-compiler finden?!

english Version
Hello,
i think i was to fresh on Linux to install this Software.
When i do the Installing i become an error:
----------------------------------------
joerg@suse:~/Download/babeleo-0.5> cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=`kde4-config --prefix`
-- The CXX compiler identification is unknown
CMake Error: your CXX compiler: "CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER-NOTFOUND" was not found. Please set CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER to a valid compiler path or name.
CMake Error at /usr/share/cmake/Modules/FindKDE4.cmake:84 (MESSAGE):
ERROR: cmake/modules/FindKDE4Internal.cmake not found in
/home/joerg/.kde4/share/apps;/usr/share/kde4/apps;/etc/kde4/share/apps
----------------------------------------
I was shure that i have installes cmake and also gcc. In YAST i cannot found any Programfile named cxx-compiler?!
greetings from Darmstadt

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bongoMan

10 years ago

I just published RPMs for Babeleo, this should make the installation on SuSE much easier.

cheers
Pascal

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bongoMan

10 years ago

I continue my monologue ;)

I just installed KDE 4.3 on SuSE 11.1, following this howto without problems:

[ur]http://en.opensuse.org/KDE/Upgrade[/url]

The installation of Babeleo then worked flawlessly. And KDE 4.3 is much cooler than KDE 4.1 ;)

cheers
Pascal

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bongoMan

10 years ago

I saw that SuSE 11.1 still ships KDE 4.1.3 as standard KDE-version, but Babeleo needs at least KDE 4.2 to compile correctly There have been lots of changes in the Qt API between KDE 4.1 and KDE 4.2.

If you want to use Babeleo with SuSE 11.1, you will have to update the KDE before. I don't know how difficult it is with SuSE...

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bongoMan

10 years ago

you may need the package kdebase4-workspace-devel too...

sudo zypper install kdebase4-workspace-devel

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bongoMan

10 years ago

Hi,

I think you are missing the package libkde4-devel (that's for SuSE, in Kubuntu it would be kdelibs5-dev).

Install it with Yast or with the command:

sudo zypper install libkde4-devel.

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fixu

10 years ago

thanks for the progress! babeleo becomes a really nice and useful plasmoid.

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netcelli

10 years ago

The applet crashes plasma when I click on the icon.

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bongoMan

10 years ago

did you update the applet from a previous version? In this case, you should absolutely remove the applet from the panel and add it again, like I wrote in the changelog.

If you don't do this, there could be plasma crashes because the format for storing search engines changed between the last versions. Babeleo is in version 0.4, remember it's still an alpha-release!

Please tell me if you updated babeleo or if it was a fresh install... Thanx!

cheers
Pascal

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7 years ago

if you update Babeleo from a version older than 0.4, please remove the plasmoid from the panel and add it again before use.

update 06.05.2013: New packages for Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) and 13.04 (Raring Ringtail)
update 01.05.2013: New package for Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin)

0.5.2 (13.10.2011)
- new AUTHORS file and updated credits
- new packages for SUSE and Ubuntu

0.5.1 (30.09.2009)
- global shortcut for triggering a query works again
- added a possibility for a global shortcut to open the manual query dialog
- added some more search engines to the default list

0.5 (10.09.2009)
- automatic download of icons for the search engines. Babeleo fetches the favicon from the web page of the engine.

0.4.2 (31.08.2009)
- fixed bug which caused plasma to crash

0.4.1 (31.08.2009)
- alphabetical sorting of search engines in the menus.
- added a few more search engines to the default list.
- some of the search engines are now hidden by default.
- source code cosmetics.

0.4 (30.08.2009)
- added a cool new configuration interface fo search engines:
- possibility to add, remove and edit search engines.
- possibility to hide some of the configured search engines.
- possibility to define for each search engine if it should appear in the main context menu or in the "other engines" menu.
- changed plasmoid name as displayed in the "add widgets..." dialog to "Babeleo translator" for easier finding after installation.

0.3.2 (25.08.2009)
- Babeleo now doesn't use the global clipboard content anymore, but the
currently highlighted text. There is no need to type Ctrl+C anymore,
regardless of the klipper-settings.

0.3.1 (24.08.2009)
- removed a bug which could cause plasma to crash directly after a fresh install or an update from an older version of Babeleo.

0.3 (22.08.2009):
- code restructured to easily add more search engines.
- added a few engines to show what's possible. I will add a configuration window to manage the engines in a later version. For now, new engines can be added easily by those who want by editing the sources (babeleo.cpp, after line 137).
- Tooltip shows the current engine.

0.2.1 (20.08.2009):
- improved the behaviour of the text field for manual entry of the query when it gets opened and when it loses focus.
- cleaned up the code.

0.2 (20.08.2009):
- added the possibility to enter a query manually in a small textfield, instead of taking it from the clipboard.

0.1 (18.08.2009):
- initial release.

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