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<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY kappname "&kiten;">
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<!ENTITY package "kdeedu">
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<book lang="&language;">
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<title>The &kiten; Handbook</title>
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<firstname>Jason</firstname>
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<surname>Katz-Brown</surname>
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<address>&Jason.Katz-Brown.mail;</address>
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<legalnotice>&FDLNotice;</legalnotice>
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<date>2010-07-15</date>
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<releaseinfo>1.2 (&kde; 4.5)</releaseinfo>
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<!-- Abstract about this handbook -->
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<para>&kiten; is a Japanese reference/study tool for &kde;. </para>
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<keyword>KDE</keyword>
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<keyword>Japanese</keyword>
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<keyword>Language</keyword>
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<chapter id="introduction">
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<title>Introduction</title>
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<para>&kiten; is an application with multiple functions. Firstly, it
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is a convenient English to Japanese and Japanese to English
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dictionary; secondly, it is a Kanji dictionary, with multiple ways to
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look up specific characters; thirdly, it is a tool to help you learn
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<para>Each of these modes is discussed in its own chapter.</para>
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<screeninfo>Here's a screenshot of &kiten;</screeninfo>
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<imageobject><imagedata fileref="kiten1.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
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<textobject><phrase>&kiten; screenshot</phrase></textobject>
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<chapter id="dictionary">
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<title>Using the Dictionary</title>
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<para>&kiten;'s most basic mode is as a dictionary for looking up both
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English and Japanese words. You can also add other dictionaries to
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&kiten;'s list.</para>
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<para>&kiten; uses Jim Breen's Edict and Kanjidic as the default dictionaries. You can find more information at <ulink url="http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/edict.html">the Edict web site</ulink> and <ulink url="http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/kanjidic.html">the Kanjidic web site</ulink>.</para>
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<sect1 id="looking-up-words">
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<title>Looking Up Words</title>
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<para>To look up words in either language, type them in to the
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text-edit (much like &konqueror;'s location bar) and press either
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&Enter; or the <guilabel>Search</guilabel> button on
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the toolbar (again, much like &konqueror;). &kiten; will then look up
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<para>You can enter Kanji, Kana and English and get back results from
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&kiten;. These results of your search will appear in the large
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results view which takes up the majority of the &kiten; window.</para>
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<screeninfo>searching for an English translation</screeninfo>
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<imageobject><imagedata fileref="kiten2.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
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<textobject><phrase>&kiten; search screenshot</phrase></textobject>
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<title>Filtering</title>
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<para>Often times you will want to filter rare words from your
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search. &kiten; will do this for you if toggle
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<menuchoice><guimenu>Search</guimenu><guimenuitem>Filter
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Out Rare</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>
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<note><para>Not all dictionary files support filtering rare entries -
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most dictionaries, excluding the two provided by default in &kiten; do
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<para>If you have not enabled filtering rare entries, common entries
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will be labeled <guilabel>Common</guilabel> in the result view.</para>
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<sect1 id="advanced-searches">
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<title>Advanced Searches</title>
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<para>&kiten; supports more advanced searches than plain normal word
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<title>Beginning/Anywhere Searches</title>
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<para>Beside a search with <guilabel>Exact Match</guilabel> &kiten; has
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two additional search modes</para>
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<para>To search for the beginning of a word, instead of pressing the
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<guilabel>Search</guilabel> button on the toolbar or pressing
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<keycap>Return</keycap> on the text-entry in the toolbar, choose
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using the <menuchoice><guimenu>Search</guimenu><guisubmenu>Match Type
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</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Match Beginning</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. Similarly, choose
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<menuchoice><guimenu>Search</guimenu><guisubmenu>Match
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Type</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Match Anywhere</guimenuitem></menuchoice> to search for your text anywhere
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in a word. These search modes work for searches of both
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<title>Searching in Results</title>
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<para>&kiten; can also help you refine your searches by allowing you
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to search for new text in the results generated by a previous
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search. To do this, just choose
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<menuchoice><guimenu>Search</guimenu><guimenuitem>Search in
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Results</guimenuitem></menuchoice> to perform your search.</para>
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<title>Verb Deinflection</title>
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<para>&kiten; can deinflect verbs you search for. To enable this, make
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sure you have enabled the "builtin" dictionary for verb deinflection. &kiten;
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will then deinflect Japanese you search for that starts with a Kanji
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and ends with a Kana.</para>
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The "Deinflect" option tries to unconjugate Japanese verbs. Deinflect only supports the common verb conjugations. If you search a lot of Japanese text you might consider using this option until you get used to handling Japanese verb forms.
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<chapter id="looking-up-kanji">
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<title>Looking Up Kanji</title>
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<para>&kiten; has features that makes finding the one kanji you want
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easy from over 14,000 in the default dictionary.</para>
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<note> <para>Clicking on any Kanji in the main result view will show
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details on that particular Kanji. This can sometimes be the fastest
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way to look up a kanji.</para></note>
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<tip><para>Kanji searches are also filtered according to whether
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<menuchoice><guimenu>Search</guimenu><guimenuitem>Filter
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Out Rare</guimenuitem></menuchoice> is checked.</para></tip>
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<sect1 id="regular-kanji-search">
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<title>Regular Searching</title>
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<para>You can search with English and Japanese search strings the
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exact same way you can with the normal dictionary.</para>
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<caution><para>When searching for Kana readings in the Kanji
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dictionary, you will have to put a period before the okurigana (the
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kana that are not part of the Kanji).</para></caution>
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<sect1 id="radical-search">
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<title>Radical Searching</title>
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<para>You can use &kiten;'s radical search dialog to search for Kanji
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with a combination of radicals and a certain stroke count. Choose
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<menuchoice><guimenu>Search</guimenu><guimenuitem>Radical
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Selector</guimenuitem></menuchoice> to open the radical search
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<para>To choose the radicals you want to be in your Kanji, select one
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them from the buttons at the bottom of the window. To display possible radicals to select from
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this buttons with a certain number of strokes, choose this number of
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strokes from the spinboxes just above the buttons. The radicals you
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choose will appear in the listbox at the top.</para>
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<para>To choose how many strokes your Kanji should have, just enter the
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values into the spin boxes below the results area.</para>
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<para>To perform the lookup, press the button that matches the kanji you
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wanted to look up.</para>
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<sect1 id="grade-search">
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<title>Grade Search</title>
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<para>To get a list of all Kanji in a certain grade, enter that into the search
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box as "G:4" (G: is the Kanjidic tag for grade).</para>
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<sect1 id="stroke-search">
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<title>Stroke Search</title>
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<para>To get a list of all Kanji with a certain number of strokes,
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enter that number in the text-entry in the toolbar as "S:4".</para>
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<title>Miscellaneous</title>
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<para>This chapter describes miscellaneous features that can be used
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in both modes in &kiten;'s main window.</para>
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<title>The History</title>
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<para>&kiten; keeps track of all of your queries in the input field. You can
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see your last results by clicking on the check mark at the right of the input field.
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To go forward one in the history, choose
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<menuchoice><guimenu>Go</guimenu><guimenuitem>Forward</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. To
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go backward one in the history, choose
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<menuchoice><guimenu>Go</guimenu><guimenuitem>Back</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>
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<sect1 id="global-keys">
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<title>Global Shortcuts</title>
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<para>You can set global &kiten; shortcuts that work everywhere on
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your desktop. Go to the &kiten; configuration dialog, which can be
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<menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure
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Kiten...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. Select the <guilabel>Global
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Keys</guilabel> section of the dialog. Here you can set the keys for a
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global word search and a global Kanji search like in other &kde;
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shortcut configuration panels.</para>
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<para>You can choose the font that &kiten; uses in its result view.
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Go to the &kiten; configuration dialog, which can be
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<menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure
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Kiten...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. Select the
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<guilabel>Font</guilabel> page of the dialog and select the font in
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the font-chooser.</para>
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<note><para>&Qt; 's font-substitution system makes it so a
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Japanese font will always be substituted for Japanese characters, even
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if the font you specify doesn't include them. Thus, you can choose any
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font in the chooser and everything should still display
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<chapter id="credits-and-license">
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<title>Credits and Licenses</title>
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<para>&kiten; copyright 2001, 2002 &Jason.Katz-Brown;</para>
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<title>Developers</title>
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<para>&Jason.Katz-Brown; &Jason.Katz-Brown.mail;</para>
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<para>&Neil.Stevens; &Neil.Stevens.mail;</para>
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<para>Jim Breen <email>jwb@csse.monash.edu.au</email> - Wrote xjdic, of which &kiten; borrows code, and the xjdic index file generator. Also is main author of edict and kanjidic, which &kiten; essentially require.</para>
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<para>Paul Temple <email>paul.temple@gmx.net</email> - Port to KConfig XT and bug fixing.</para>
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<para>Joe Kerian <email>jkerian@gmail.com</email> - wrote kiten v4 </para>
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<para>Documentation copyright 2002, &Jason.Katz-Brown;</para>
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