Deepl-linux

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• DEPRECATION NOTICE

  Go webview is not very suitable for desktop apps, so I reimplement this repo with [[https://www.electronjs.org/][Electron]].

  See [[https://github.com/kumakichi/Deepl-linux-electron][this repo]].

• About A client for [[https://www.deepl.com/translator][deepl]] in Linux, using [[https://github.com/zserge/webview][webview]].

  Tested under ubuntu 20.04 only.

  [[./demo.png]]

• How to use

** install dependencies

#+BEGIN_SRC sh sudo apt install libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev xsel xdotool golang #+END_SRC

• xsel

  clipboard needs it

• xdotool

  active this app when do translating work in other apps

• golang

  Go programming language compiler, 1.14 or higher is needed

  Check it: #+begin_src go go version #+end_src

  You can download [[https://golang.org/dl/][prebuilt binaries]] from [[https://golang.org][https://golang.org]]

** build #+BEGIN_SRC sh cd /path/to/someDir git clone https://github.com/kumakichi/Deepl-linux.git cd Deepl-linux make #+END_SRC

** modify loader.sh if you need to

#+BEGIN_SRC sh WIDTH=800 # window width HEIGHT=600 # window height #+END_SRC

** add system shortcut

in ubuntu

settings => keyboard shortcut => Add Custom Shortcut

add this command: /path/to/someDir/Deepl-linux/loader.sh

I set this command with shortcut Ctrl-Alt-D

** use it

select text in any application, press Ctrl+c to copy selected content into clipboard, then press the shortcut you just defined for loader.sh, here I press Ctrl-Alt-D