Searching with romaji

[rasmus-kirk]

Hi, not a bug or anything but it would be nice to be able to search with romaji. For example:
jiten -v jmdict --max 1 --word neko --lang romaji
would return the same as
jiten -v jmdict --max 1 --word cat
Probably not the best syntax for it, but I hope you get the idea. Also, not related but worth a mention, there is a lot of empty lines at the bottom of a request:

[user@nixos:~]$ jiten -v jmdict --max 1 --word cat
DB v11 up to date.
query: +w cat

猫
ねこ | ネコ
ねꜜこ
[eng]
= cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus)
= shamisen
= geisha
= wheelbarrow
= clay bed-warmer
= bottom | submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
--> noun (common) (futsuumeishi) | abbreviation | word usually written
    using kana alone | colloquialism
see 猫車 | 猫火鉢
seq# 1467640, freq# 2201, jlpt N5, prio; 1




[user@nixos:~]$ 

I remove it with jiten query | head -n -3 so it's not a big deal or anything, just a minor annoyance.

[obfusk]

there is a lot of empty lines at the bottom

I know. But it never bothered me enough to fix 😅

One of those is "my fault": I just fixed that in commit f3bef9d.

One of those is caused by a library I'm using: I worked around that in the same commit.

One of those is caused by the pager (less -FR): I can't fix that (but if you don't want a pager, jiten --colour ... | cat or jiten --pager cat --colour ... will).

And I think one of those is caused by the default nixos setting for $PS1 :)

[obfusk]

it would be nice to be able to search with romaji

FWIW: the web/android interface already supports converting romaji to kana.

I'll look into adding support for that to the CLI as well.

[obfusk]

Of course you can already use a Japanese input method like fcitx+mozc (nixos.fcitx-engines.mozc on nixos) that allows you to input kana by typing in romaji.

[obfusk]

I added support for -h/--hiragana and -k/--katakana in commit db336ef. For example:

$ jiten -v jmdict -m1 --word --hiragana neko
$ jiten -v jmdict -m1 --word --katakana terebi

Testing & feedback is always appreciated :)