1. Introduction
2. Preparation
3. Searching
4. Selection Lookup
5. Stemming
6. Playing Multimedia Data
7. Internet Search
8. Keyboard Shortcuts
9. Customizing the View
10. Remote Commands
11. Other Settings
1. Add a Dictionary GroupNow, you can start searching. All the information about setting is stored in a file in a directory called .ebview in the user's home directory.
You need to add dictionary group. Put the name in the "Group Name" box and click the "Add" button. "EtoJ" or "JtoE" will be fine.
If you want to use "Selection Lookup" feature, you might want to add a group named "selection". If it exists, EBView will always use this group on Selsction Lookup.
2. Identify Avaliable Dictionaries
Then, identify dictionaries in hard disk. Enter the directory that contains the dictionary information (it should contain a file calledor ). Then press the "Search Disk" button and it will read the catalog. You can specify the depth of directories to recursively search using the number next to the directory name. "0" means search no subdirectories. 
3. Choose Selected Dictionaries to add to the Dictionary Group
Choose the dictionary or dictionaries to add to the dictionary group and click the "Add" button. You can change the name of the dictionary as you desire.
Search Method 
Meaning 
Automatic Search 
Execute both "Exactword Search" and "Keyword Search". 
Exectword Search 
Entries which exactly matches the search word will be listed. 
Forward Search 
Entries beginning with the search word will be listed. For example, when you enter "difficult" as search word, it matches both "difficult" and "difficulty". 
Backward Search 
Entries end in the search word will be listed. For example, when you enter "tist" as search word, it matches "dentist" and "systematist" etc. Keyword Search 
This enables you to specify multiple words, then entries which contain all the words will be listed. For example, when you enter "grow" and "up" , it may matches "grow up". Multiword Search 
This also enables you to specify multiple words, but each words has a meaning. You may also choose words from the list if available. 
Full Text Search 
This lists all the entries which contains search word in its content. It takes times since EBView has to read whole dictionary. 
Internet Search 
Lanuch external Web browser to search keywords from Internet. 
Menu 
Show menu data if available. 
Copyright 
Show copyright information if available. 
Clicking on hypertext links with the left button works normally, clicking anywhere else with the left button closes the pop-up window.
Left Button Close popup window. Middle Button Back to previous hits. Right Button Go to next hits. 
Key 
Function 
F1 Choose Automatic Search F2 Choose Exactword Search F3 
Choose Forward Search F4 
Choose Endword Search F5 
Choose Keyword Search F6 
Choose Mutiword Search F7 
Choose Full Text Search F8 
Choose Internet Search Return Start searching Escape clear keywords Ctrl + p 
Previous hit 
Ctrl + n Next hit 
Ctrl + c 
Copy to clipboard 
Ctrl + h 
Show help 
Ctrl + q 
Quit program 
Ctrl + Up 
Choose previous dictionary group 
Ctrl + Down 
Choose next dictionary group 
Ctrl + Number 
Toggle Xth dictionary 
Alt + Left 
Go back in history 
Alt + Right 
Go forward in history 
ebview-remote --search keywords
Perform search with specified parameter. You can pass space-separated words.
ebview-remote --selection
Perform selection lookup only once.
ebview-remote --popup
Perform selection lookup only once. Result will be shown in popup window.