Quick Lookup is a simple GTK dictionary application powered by Wiktionary™.Features include:<ul><li>Lookup definitions for words or phrases</li><li>Choose language by entering language name or ISO-639-1 code</li><li>Open internal links within the app</li><li>Go back to previous page with the back button</li><li>Look up selected text from any app by setting a keyboard shortcut to launch this app with the “--selection” command line option</li></ul>Wiktionary is a trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation. This program is not endorsed by or affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

Quick Lookup

Added new “--selection” command line option. When launched in this mode, it will look up the recently selected text when switching to the window. Binding the command to a global shortcut will allow you to look up words from any app by pressing the shortcut.

Changes:<ul><li>Remember language setting</li><li>Fixed WebKitWebProcess not killed after lookup</li></ul>

A simple dictionary application powered by Wiktionary

Foliate is a simple and modern GTK eBook viewer.Features include:<ul><li>Two-page view and scrolled view</li><li>Customize font and line-spacing</li><li>Light, sepia, dark, and invert mode</li><li>Reading progress slider with chapter marks</li><li>Bookmarks and annotations</li><li>Find in book</li><li>Quick dictionary lookup</li></ul>

Foliate

Fixed a performance issue with zipped files (including EPUB files)

Fix UI when running with libhandy 1.x

Changes:<ul><li>Added support for opening HTML files</li><li>Consistent inner and outer margins</li><li>The automatic layout no longer supports 4 columns</li><li>Fixed long words overflowing</li><li>Fixed custom themes not saved across sessions</li><li>Fixed shortcuts for key pads</li><li>Fixed opening non-UTF-8 zipped FB2 files</li><li>Fixed books not opening on GNOME 40</li></ul>

Changes:<ul><li>Improved support for touch screens</li><li>OPDS credentials can now be remembered</li><li>Various fixes for GNOME 3.38</li><li>Fixed Wiktionary internal links</li><li>Added Basque, Korean, and Norwegian translations</li></ul>

Fixed unable to open some EPUB files

Fixed unable to open Mobipocket files

Changes:<ul><li>Improved metadata display</li><li>Improved FictionBook rendering</li><li>Improved UI for acquiring books from OPDS</li><li>Fixed unique identifier extraction for EPUB files</li><li>Fixed missing window icon</li><li>Fixed TTS environment variables not set when using Flatpak</li><li>Fixed eSpeak NG voice not selected when testing TTS configuration</li><li>Fixed wrong “__ibooks_internal_theme” attribute when “Invert” is enabled</li></ul>

OPDS catalogs:<ul><li>Catalogs are now opened in the main library window</li><li>View current location</li><li>Go to catalog start page</li><li>Reload catalog</li><li>Add current feed to catalogs</li><li>HTTP authentication support</li></ul>Other changes:<ul><li>Fixed unique identifier extraction for FictionBook (.fb2, .fb2.zip) files</li><li>Fixed newlines being ignored when copying text</li><li>“Turn page on tap” is now disabled in non-paginated layouts</li><li>Opening a book from the library view now closes the library window</li><li>Language and publication dates in metadata are now parsed and formatted</li><li>Export annotations from the library view</li></ul>

Changes:<ul><li>Fixed blurry book covers on HiDPI</li><li>Fixed OPDS links to Standard Ebooks and Project Gutenberg</li><li>Fixed wrong view icon on startup</li></ul>

Library:<ul><li>A library view showing recent books and reading progress</li><li>Search books by metadata</li><li>E-book discovery with OPDS</li></ul>New supported formats:<ul><li>FictionBook (.fb2, .fb2.zip)</li><li>Comic book archive (.cbr, .cbz, .cbt, .cb7)</li><li>Plain text (.txt)</li><li>Unpacked EPUB files</li></ul>Layout:<ul><li>Option to set maximum page width</li><li>The "Automatic" layout will now show four columns when the page width is wide</li></ul>Image viewer:<ul><li>Improved image viewer, with new shortcuts and the ability to rotate and invert images</li><li>Option to disable image viewer, or to open images on double, middle, or right click</li></ul>Text-to-speech:<ul><li>Improved text-to-speech configuration UI</li><li>Ability to set text-to-speech voice based on book language</li></ul>Annotations<ul><li>Import annotations from JSON</li><li>Search in annotations</li><li>Annotations are now sorted in the same order as they appear in the book</li></ul>Security:<ul><li>"Allow Unsafe Content" now only enables JavaScript; external content will no longer be loaded</li><li>WebKit processes are now sandboxed</li></ul>Other featues and fixes:<ul><li>Improved support for vertical and right-to-left books</li><li>Support for StarDict dictionaries</li><li>Fixed current location not preserved when resizing</li><li>Fixed auto-hiding header bar under some themes</li><li>Command-line options for showing version and adding books to library</li><li>Option to clear or disable cache</li><li>When an HTML page contains invalid self-closing anchor tags, it is now parsed as XHTML</li></ul>

Fixes:<ul><li>Fixed wrong version number</li><li>Fixed dictionary, translation, and Wikipedia not working in the Snap package</li></ul>

New features:<ul><li>New and improved icon</li><li>Option to disable turn page on tap</li><li>A menu on the welcome screen for opening recent files</li><li>Restored shortcuts for showing ToC, annotations, and bookmarks</li></ul>Fixes:<ul><li>Fixed application not translated</li></ul>

Interface:<ul><li>A redesigned interface that works better for smaller screens</li><li>Improved fullscreen mode with an overlaid headerbar</li><li>The headerbar and the progress bar now auto-hide, for a distraction-free reading experience</li><li>Various location information, as well as a clock, can now be displayed in the footer</li><li>A new location popover (Ctrl + L) that shows reading time estimates and allows skipping to locations</li><li>E-reader style navigation: go to the previous or next page by tapping on the left or right part of the view; tap on the middle to toggle header bar and progress bar</li><li>Annotations, bookmarks, and find results now show chapter titles</li><li>When looking up words in dictionaries, the query can now be edited</li><li>New shortcut for viewing metadata (Ctrl + I) and preferences (Ctrl + ,)</li><li>A new traditional menubar, which may be displayed depending on the desktop environment</li><li>Option to use a traditional titlebar and menubar instead of a headerbar (experimental)</li></ul>Reading:<ul><li>Continuous scrolling layout</li><li>Option to show decorative shadows that mimic the appearance of a real book</li><li>Ability to zoom in and zoom out</li><li>Improved image viewer with "save as" option</li><li>Open copies of a book in new windows (Ctrl + N)</li><li>Reload book (Ctrl + R)</li><li>New built-in themes: Gray, Solarized, Gruvbox, Nord</li></ul>Text selection:<ul><li>Ability to select text across pages</li><li>Find selected text in book</li><li>Speak selected text or from the selected locatio</li></ul>Annotations:<ul><li>Spellcheck notes</li><li>Export annotations to Markdown</li><li>Options to use custom colors for highlights</li></ul>For publishers and developers:<ul><li>Support for Apple Books theme attribute, which allows books to detect themes without JavaScript</li><li>WebKit's developer tools can be enabled</li></ul>Breaking changes:<ul><li>The settings schemas has been reorganized</li><li>The format for custom themes has changed</li><li>Locations are now 1024 characters in size</li></ul>Bug fixes:<ul><li>Fixed not restoring exact last location</li><li>Fixed navigation not working with scrolled layout</li><li>Fixed font size not changing when the book uses absolute-size keywords</li><li>Fixed text cut off at margin edge</li><li>Fixed unable to open books with "#" or "?" in the file name</li></ul>

Changes:<ul><li>Fixed Flatpak version not being able to open .mobi, .azw, and .azw3 files</li><li>Improved Wiktionary lookup, now with links and example sentences</li><li>Improved popover footnote extraction and formatting</li><li>Added option to export annotations to BibTeX</li></ul>

Fixes:<ul><li>Fixed table of contents navigation not working with some books</li><li>Fixed not being able to zoom images with Kindle books</li><li>Fixed not being able to open books with .epub3 filename extension</li><li>Fixed temporary directory not being cleaned after closing</li></ul>

Changes:<ul><li>Fixed F9 shortcut not working</li><li>Updated translations</li></ul>

Changes:<ul><li>External resources and JavaScript are now blocked by default</li><li>Basic text-to-speech support</li><li>Export annotations to HTML, plain text, or JSON</li><li>Support for viewing .mobi, .azw, and .azw3 files</li></ul>

Changes:<ul><li>New alternative sidebar UI</li><li>Lookup words in Wikipedia and offline dictionaries</li><li>Translate passages with Google Translate</li><li>Configure default action when words are selected</li><li>Experimental popup footnote support</li><li>Ability to find within only the current chapter</li><li>Fixed CPU spikes when left open</li><li>Fixed highlights not rendering at the correct positions</li></ul>

Changes:<ul><li>Fixed crashing when opening files</li><li>Updated translations</li></ul>

Changes:<ul><li>Customize page margins and brightness</li><li>Tweak the theme colors, or add your own custom themes</li><li>Ability to zoom and copy images</li><li>Option to auto-hide cursor</li><li>See reading time left by hovering over the reading progress slider</li></ul>

Fixes:<ul><li>Fixed some books not rendering sometimes</li><li>Fixed images being too wide in some cases</li></ul>

New features:<ul><li>Auto-hyphenation</li><li>Option to switch between left and full justification</li><li>New layout option: single-column paginated view</li></ul>Fixed:<ul><li>Generated locations are now stored in the cache directory rather than localStorage</li></ul>

Changes:<ul><li>Allow font size adjustment when using publisher fonts</li><li>Fixed reading progress slider not appearing after localStorage quota is exceeded</li></ul>

New features:<ul><li>Touchpad gestures and ability to scroll through pages</li><li>Fullscreen mode</li><li>Option to hide reading progress bar</li><li>Option to disable dictionary</li><li>Option to use publisher font</li></ul>Fixes:<ul><li>Restoring reading progress is now smooth and jank-free</li><li>Fixed custom styles not applying in some cases</li></ul>

Quick Lookup

A simple dictionary application powered by Wiktionary

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