Hi Mike (and team, and fellow users)!
The functionality of the wildcard / special character function has changed a lot since the WM version (and, as I understand it, the $@# characters are now obsolete, since Plecodict automatically toggles through functions to find your search term), but I think what I request has not been implemented yet:
I’d like to look for two or more terms and find all entries whose definitions and examples contain these two words, even if they don’t appear in that specific order and don’t directly follow each other.
For example, I might search for “concatenation chain” (or use a special character, e.g. “concatenation ℓ chain” and find the entry for 连锁 in the ABC dictionary, which says “连锁 liánsǔo N. 1) chain; interlocked elements 2) concatenation”. This would be tremendously useful for at least two reasons:
1) I might only remember parts of a definition. This feature would help me find the word.
2) Example sentences are extremely helpful, since there are so many of them, but it’s hard to find a particular one. Looking for a way to express something, this feature might help find the right sentence and thus improve the functionality of Plecodict from just providing a “word by word” translation to delivering context-based examples. Because right now, the example sentences are great, but it’s very hard to find a specific one.
If this is already possible and part of Pleco’s magic, please tell me the right spell
The functionality of the wildcard / special character function has changed a lot since the WM version (and, as I understand it, the $@# characters are now obsolete, since Plecodict automatically toggles through functions to find your search term), but I think what I request has not been implemented yet:
I’d like to look for two or more terms and find all entries whose definitions and examples contain these two words, even if they don’t appear in that specific order and don’t directly follow each other.
For example, I might search for “concatenation chain” (or use a special character, e.g. “concatenation ℓ chain” and find the entry for 连锁 in the ABC dictionary, which says “连锁 liánsǔo N. 1) chain; interlocked elements 2) concatenation”. This would be tremendously useful for at least two reasons:
1) I might only remember parts of a definition. This feature would help me find the word.
2) Example sentences are extremely helpful, since there are so many of them, but it’s hard to find a particular one. Looking for a way to express something, this feature might help find the right sentence and thus improve the functionality of Plecodict from just providing a “word by word” translation to delivering context-based examples. Because right now, the example sentences are great, but it’s very hard to find a specific one.
If this is already possible and part of Pleco’s magic, please tell me the right spell
