## Aard 2 (.slob)

### General Information

| Attribute       | Value                                                    |
| --------------- | -------------------------------------------------------- |
| Name            | Aard2Slob                                                |
| snake_case_name | aard2_slob                                               |
| Description     | Aard 2 (.slob)                                           |
| Extensions      | `.slob`                                                  |
| Read support    | Yes                                                      |
| Write support   | Yes                                                      |
| Single-file     | Yes                                                      |
| Kind            | 🔢 binary                                                 |
| Sort-on-write   | default_no                                               |
| Sort key        | (`headword_lower`)                                       |
| Wiki            | [@itkach/slob/wiki](https://github.com/itkach/slob/wiki) |
| Website         | [aarddict.org](http://aarddict.org/)                     |

### Write options

| Name                | Default | Type | Comment                                                         |
| ------------------- | ------- | ---- | --------------------------------------------------------------- |
| compression         | `zlib`  | str  | Compression Algorithm                                           |
| content_type        |         | str  | Content Type                                                    |
| file_size_approx    | `0`     | int  | split up by given approximate file size<br />examples: 100m, 1g |
| separate_alternates | `False` | bool | add alternate headwords as separate entries to slob             |
| word_title          | `False` | bool | add headwords title to begining of definition                   |

### Dependencies for reading and writing

PyPI Links: [PyICU](https://pypi.org/project/PyICU)

To install, run:

```sh
pip3 install PyICU
```

### PyICU

See [doc/pyicu.md](../pyicu.md) file for more detailed instructions on how to install PyICU.

### Dictionary Applications/Tools

| Name & Website                             | License | Platforms |
| ------------------------------------------ | ------- | --------- |
| [Aard 2 for Android](http://aarddict.org/) | GPL     | Android   |
| [Aard2 for Web](http://aarddict.org/)      | MPL     | Web       |
