Indexes: questions, a warning and a possible bug report

[francesinha]

Hi,

I use Goldendict version 1.5.0-RC-424-g2f8b497 (the one from July; I just saw there was a new one, I'll install it soon! )

I have 360 dictionaries, which take up 3,28 Gb of my hard drive.

The corresponding 357 index files (not including the FTS files) take up 1,03 Gb.

The warning: beware of Goldendict's full-text search indexing when you have a small hard drive and many dictionaries!

The bug report: although I did disable full-text search under the preferences, it looks like Goldendict starts creating FTS index files again every time I rescan... I then hurry to go enable and disable that option, and only then does it stop...

The questions:

• Goldendict creates indexes, but does it ever delete them? For example, if I add a dictionary to test it, then decide I don't like it or it's a duplicate, does the index stay anyway?
• Is it safe to delete index files while Goldendict is closed? Both FTS and regular?
• Do you have a fix for the problem I'm reporting, or should I just keep an eye on my disk space and go delete the unwanted indexes when needed?

Thank you!

[Abs62]

The questions:
Goldendict creates indexes, but does it ever delete them? For example, if I add a dictionary to test it, then decide I don't like it or it's a duplicate, does the index stay anyway?

GD will delete both indexes after removing of the dictionary file from source directories.

Is it safe to delete index files while Goldendict is closed? Both FTS and regular?

Yes. If GD can't find index file it just create it again.

Do you have a fix for the problem I'm reporting, or should I just keep an eye on my disk space and go delete the unwanted indexes when needed?

Try: goldendict-1.5.0-RC-445-g39b0625(EXE only).7z - 1.25 MB

[francesinha]

Thanks for the replies Abs62! I closed GD and deleted all the FTS index files.

Then I tried running your EXE, but got an error message saying I had a dll missing: libgcc_s_dw2-1.dll. Should I update to version 1.5.0-RC-442-g83397ce first? (I use Windows 7)

[Abs62]

Then I tried running your EXE, but got an error message saying I had a dll missing: libgcc_s_dw2-1.dll. Should I update to version 1.5.0-RC-442-g83397ce first? (I use Windows 7)

Hm. The 1.5.0-RC-424-g2f8b497 full build also contains this library. No libraries were changed between this build and 1.5.0-RC-442-g83397ce.
You need just to replace GoldenDict.exe file from full build by new one.

[francesinha]

Oooohhhh, I had tried to run the EXE it on its own, alone in its lil folder. Nevermind! ^^

So: I updated to version 1.5.0-RC-442-g83397ce, then replaced the EXE with the one you gave me, then rescanned, even added a new dictionary to be sure, and Goldendict seems to be behaving!

Thanks a lot! You're the best! *bowing down emoji*