Is there a way to get Rikaichan to work when not in Firefox?

tengukun · 2009-02-02, 5:16 pm

I mean , is there a way to get rikaichan to work on let's say notepad. so I can input unknown compounds in there and just scroll over them to see what they mean?

Or better yet, if you don't know of a way to do this, do you know a website that is entirely an input page, where u write stuff?

Tobberoth · 2009-02-02, 5:19 pm

You can use Rikaichan in Thunderbird, it let's you input stuff.

kaoskastle · 2009-02-02, 5:42 pm

When I need to do this, I just head to a message board, begin a new reply (the contents of which are whatever you want to use Rikaichan on), and hit "preview". So you can see and check the text without actually posting anything! HOORAH.

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tengukun · 2009-02-02, 5:56 pm

Thank you, thunderbird works great with rikaichan. Smile

Sebastian · 2009-02-02, 6:25 pm

You can also write a simple html file using any text editor, and include a textarea form using some html code like:

<html>

<body>

<form>
<textarea rows="50" cols="100"> </textarea>
</form>

</body>
</html>

Save it -the file must be save with a ".htm" or ".html" extension in order to work- to your hard disk, and then just open it when necessary. Rikai chan should work with that file even when you're offline.

Then you can change the values for "rows" and "cols" to fit your needs.

(The indentation is only for the sake of making the code clear, it isn't needed for the file to work correctly)

iSoron · 2009-02-02, 6:35 pm

Sebastian Wrote:You can also write a simple html file using any text editor, and include a textarea form using some html code like

A fancier version of this:
http://isoron.org/stuff/japanese/echo.html
Type into the box and it will echo back.
(Rikaichan/Peraperakun can't highlight texts in textareas)

yukamina · 2009-02-02, 7:04 pm

iSoron Wrote:
Sebastian Wrote:You can also write a simple html file using any text editor, and include a textarea form using some html code like
A fancier version of this:
http://isoron.org/stuff/japanese/echo.html
Type into the box and it will echo back.
(Rikaichan/Peraperakun can't highlight texts in textareas)

I been wanting something just like this for a while now, thanks! This way I can use rikaichan on stuff that's usually offline...

DavidZ · 2009-02-02, 7:08 pm

tengukun Wrote:do you know a website that is entirely an input page, where u write stuff?

I use Google Docs for this. Open a new document and then load Rikaichan.

tengukun · 2009-02-03, 2:21 am

Thank you for all your suggestions, I've tried them all , and they help a lot.

wccrawford · 2009-02-03, 5:44 am

iSoron Wrote:
Sebastian Wrote:You can also write a simple html file using any text editor, and include a textarea form using some html code like
A fancier version of this:
http://isoron.org/stuff/japanese/echo.html
Type into the box and it will echo back.
(Rikaichan/Peraperakun can't highlight texts in textareas)

I wonder how many of us have written essentially the same page? I did this a while back for a book club I was in, with the difference that mine would keep the old text on the screen and put new lines at the top.

Honestly, I found it to be pretty useless since if you need to look up that much, it's a super pain and no fun to read.

EuPcsl · 2009-02-04, 12:55 am

iSoron Wrote:
Sebastian Wrote:You can also write a simple html file using any text editor, and include a textarea form using some html code like
A fancier version of this:
http://isoron.org/stuff/japanese/echo.html
Type into the box and it will echo back.
(Rikaichan/Peraperakun can't highlight texts in textareas)

Thanks for the link, I have integrated it in my personal and poor designed "time to study japanese webpage".

Sebastian · 2010-04-04, 1:29 pm

I found it useful to add a "Reset" button to the "echo.html" provided by ISoron (Thanks ISoron, your code has proved to be very useful).

If you want to add it too, just edit the code so that it looks like this (added code in bold):

Quote:<html>
<head>
<title>Echo</title>
<style>
html * {
font-size: 45px;
line-height: 60px;
}

textarea {
border: 2px solid #aaa;
width: 100%;
height: 120px;;
padding: 5px;
margin: 0px 0px 24px 0px;
color: #aaa;
}

#kana {
color: #360;
}
</style>

</head>
<body>
<form>
<textarea id="input" value=""></textarea>
<input type="button" value="Reset" onclick="this.form.elements['input'].value=''" style="height: 25px; width: 70px;font-size: 12pt">

<div id="kana"></div>
<script>
var old = "";
function echoKana() {
var kana = document.getElementById('kana');
var input = document.getElementById('input');
var k = kana.innerHTML;
var i = input.value
if(i != old) {
old = i;
kana.innerHTML = i.replace(/\n/g, "<br/>");
}
setTimeout(echoKana, 300);
}

echoKana();
</script>

</form>
</body>
</html>

I also wanted to add a button to paste text from the clipboard, but found that the option is disabled by default in Firefox and it isn't worth the effort.

(Note that I'm not a professional programmer, I just googled a bit and played with the code)

Sebastian · 2010-04-04, 5:40 pm

Instead of this line:

Quote:<input type="button" value="Reset" onclick="this.form.elements['input'].value=''" style="height: 25px; width: 70px;font-size: 12pt">

you can put this:

Quote:<input type="reset" style="height: 25px; width: 70px;font-size: 12pt"/>

with the same results.

The "style" argument is optional, you can take it out or edit it to fit your tastes.

iSoron · 2010-04-04, 7:48 pm

Sebastian Wrote:I found it useful to add a "Reset" button to the "echo.html" provided by ISoron

I've updated the original page to include a reset button.

nadiatims · 2010-04-04, 10:07 pm

I found myself needing to do this too, and had the good sense to just google 'online text editor' Smile

editpad
It can also save and do word/character count.
No need to reinvent the wheel folks. It says something about the personality types populating this forum though.

Sebastian · 2010-04-04, 10:40 pm

ISoron's file has at least 3 advantages:

1.- It can be used offline.

2.- It has a "Reset" button, which saves you a couple of clicks, especially if you use an autocopy extension in Firefox.

3.- You can set the font to any color and size you want (you just have to edit the html a little bit). That's useful because that way you can see the Japanese text you copy into the text area in a big size without having to zoom in / zoom out each time you want to check some Japanese text.

nadiatims Wrote:No need to reinvent the wheel folks. It says something about the personality types populating this forum though.

You girls never understand our orientation towards fixing and tunings things. >_<

Asriel · 2010-04-05, 1:04 am

iSoron's file also highlights the word that rikaichan is looking at. Not necessarily a huge advantage, but it sure is convenient.

As for "reinventing the wheel" -- I've been posting rikaichan lookups in search bars/text boxes for months. It's obviously been around. But there's a difference between "reinventing the wheel" and "making pollutionless hovercars." He's upgraded what I've been using forever.

Jarvik7 · 2010-04-05, 1:12 am

Asriel Wrote:But there's a difference between "reinventing the wheel" and "making pollutionless hovercars." He's upgraded what I've been using forever.

Pff, I'm waiting for どこでもドア. Go back to the stone age with your pollutionless hovercars!

atylmo · 2010-04-05, 9:20 am

Jarvik7 Wrote:どこでもドア

Ahaha. Oh how they'd advertise that...

Sebastian · 2010-09-06, 12:48 pm

Wrightak created a modified Rikaichan that creates text files ready to be imported into Anki, including even the sentence from where you take each word.

Unfortunately, it seems that the mod can't extract the original sentences from certain webs, but you can use ISoron's file mentioned here to solve that problem.

Check wrightak's rikaichan mod.

howtwosavealif3 · 2010-09-06, 4:20 pm

the simplest way is to right clickon the notepad file -> open with-> firefox

I do it all the time, not for rikai-chan but because i like using firefox to read it instead of notepad. (zooming in and stuff)

caivano · 2010-09-06, 4:47 pm

is there a way to get rikaichan to work on safari?

chamcham · 2010-09-06, 5:30 pm

Rikaikun is available on Google Chrome.

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