[tlug] Import export for IME user dictionaries (was: ATOK for Linux)

[Charles Muller <acmuller@example.com>]

My personal concerns about Japanese IMEs (for which I have yet to find a 
 viable solution) have always been about being able to assimilate large 
kanji/kana tables into the user dictionaries.

The user dictionary for SCIM-Anthy is editable with Kasumi, but the data 
is apparently saved as a binary file that is not accessible other than 
through Kasumi. I just tried Prime, and AFAICT, it does not seem to have 
a separate user dictionary at all.

I have a user dictionary that I and some colleagues built up in Windows 
that has about 50,000 special terms for classical Chinese and Buddhism, 
and of course Windows JPIME comes with a pretty nice import/export 
applet, so I have this available as a text file. I would guess that ATOK 
has something like this (though I have not yet been motivated to spend 
the money for it), but does anyone know of an import/export method for 
any of the SCIM-related systems? Not having this available for me in 
Linux is a major drawback.

Regards,

Chuck

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Charles Muller

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