I hadn't checked the dictionary over at CText.org for a few years, and it turns out that it got really good while I wasn't looking! It's still limited only (?) to single characters, and the data is still very uneven -- some words have really good entries; others less so -- but those usage examples are awesome. I think this has got the potential to be a really useful resource -- the inclusion of Kangxi/Guangyun/Shuowen entries in a single place makes this useful even in cases where there aren't as many usage examples as one would like.
Would there be any way of using this within Pleco? Downloading the dictionary and packaging it as a file wouldn't make a lot of sense, since it's constantly evolving -- but might it be possible at some point (much further down the line, obviously) to search both local and online dictionaries within the Pleco interface? Even just generating a search URL along the lines of http://ctext.org/dictionary.pl?if=en&char=%s would be a time-saver.
Would there be any way of using this within Pleco? Downloading the dictionary and packaging it as a file wouldn't make a lot of sense, since it's constantly evolving -- but might it be possible at some point (much further down the line, obviously) to search both local and online dictionaries within the Pleco interface? Even just generating a search URL along the lines of http://ctext.org/dictionary.pl?if=en&char=%s would be a time-saver.