Emacs integration

[benthamite]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
I would like to be able to use GoldenDict from within Emacs.

Describe the solution you'd like
A package that allows the user to search for a chosen string and browse the results in an Emacs buffer.

Describe alternatives you've considered
The best current alternative is to create a simple Elisp function that uses the command line to search GoldenDict. However, the results are still displayed externally in the GoldenDict app.

I am willing to pay someone to develop such a package. Please get in touch if you are an Elisp programmer.

[xiaoyifang]

I think @shenlebantongying has already implemented this

https://emacs-china.org/t/emacs-goldendict/22947

[benthamite]

Thanks. What @shenlebantongying implemented is an example of the alternative I describe above: “to
create a simple Elisp function that uses the command line to search GoldenDict.” I have in fact developed a slightly more sophisticated version of this, which I’ll release later in case it’s useful to others. However, this falls short of displaying the search results themselves in an Emacs buffer, which is a more significant development effort.

[benthamite]

Here's the little package I created.

[shenlebantongying]

Here's the little package I created.

Nice 👍

However, this falls short of displaying the search results themselves in an Emacs buffer, which is a more significant development effort.

A possible generic solution is something like this #229

However, the current code is deeply entangled with Qt & Webengine. A lot of effort is indeed needed to provide alternative frontends.