# -*- coding: iso-latin-1-unix -*-
dbskkd-cdb readme/installation note in English
for version dbskkd-cdb-2.00
by Kenji Rikitake <kenji.rikitake@acm.org>
last updated 6-FEB-2009

* Summary

dbskkd-cdb is a dictionary server for SKK Japanese Input Method system.
For building the executable file, TinyCDB is required.

TinyCDB
http://www.corpit.ru/mjt/tinycdb.html

See skk-server-protocol.txt for the details.

This program is tested under FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE.

* Installation procedure

1. makeskkcdb.sh converts a plaintext SKK dictionary to the CDB format.
   The default source file name is /usr/local/share/skk/SKK-JISYO.L
   and the converted cdb file will be placed in the current directory
   as SKK-JISYO.L.cdb.  This .cdb file should be placed with the filename
   specified in JISYO_FILE macro in dbskkd-cdb.c.

2. do 'make' to compile.  This require cdb.h and libcdb.a of TinyCDB.

3. do 'make install' to copy the compile executable image to the
   executable image directory.  The default directory is /usr/local/libexec.

* User privilege on installation

Assign a dedicated non-privileged user for this program and invoke with
the uid.

DO NOT invoke with the root or superuser privilege.

An example of inetd.conf is available at example-inetd.txt.
An example of daemontools run file is available at example-daemontools.txt.

* Bug reports and comments

The source code repository and issue tracker is available in Google Code at
http://code.google.com/p/dbskkd-cdb/

Inquiries and comments are welcome in Japanese and English.

* Acknowledgment

Daniel J. Bernstein for his cdb, Michael Tokarev for his TinyCDB.

SKK developers and contributors including:

Makahito Sato, Mikio Nakajima, Yukiyoshi Kameyama, Masaaki Sato,
Takashi Sakamoto, Fumitoshi Ukai, Toshinori Maeno, Yasuhiro Honda,
Hayao Nakahara, Takahiro Kikuchi, Hideo Matsumoto, Hidetaka Koie,
Takao Kawamura, Hideto Kihara, Rikishi Inakazu, Makoto Matsushita,
Atsushi Yamagata, Tatsuya Kinoshita, Ryosuke Nakai.

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