Sort Dictionary Entries by Date

[gdwaynewarner]

Summary

I just attempted to add an outline to one of my dictionaries, only to find that the entry didn't work.

Curious, I tried to find the entry using the Search field, but nothing came up -- yet I'm pretty sure something got entered; I just can't seem to find it.

If I were to be able to view the dictionary entries by date entered, then I would have been able to find and delete the non-functioning entry, which is why I think this would be a great addition to Plover.

Reproducing

Unfortunately, I'm not really sure what happened with my original entry, so I can't really provide any steps to repeat what I did.

Plover Version

v4.0.0.dev8+8.ge062cda6

System

Mac OS X 10.10.5

[benoit-pierre]

We don't have this kind of metadata, so it's not possible.

[marnanel]

Not at present, but I thought the feature request was to make it possible.

[morinted]

I think a general-purpose dictionary/stroke stats plugin would be cool.

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Not at present, but I thought the feature request was to make it possible.

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[mulka]

It would be nice to record the timestamp of when a dictionary entry was made, at least for recent entries to facilitate what @gdwaynewarner is asking for. I can imagine using this myself to find recent entries I made.

[Greygal]

What about just creating a log file that tracks dictionary changes? So anytime you make a change to the dictionary using the "Add Translation" tool, it updates the log file also, tracks the last XX number of changes?

This way no need to add additional fields/metadata or otherwise change the dictionary file format (I shudder at the thought of that!)

(Perhaps this is possible to do with a plugin?)

[SeaLiteral]

In the default JSON dictionary format, each entry is a stroke-translation pair. A dictionary format plugin could have strokes, translations and times. But dictionary format plugins don't change how the dictionary editor works. Maybe a tool plugin could make an alternative dictionary editor that lets one filter and sort entries by date. Another option is, as @Greygal suggests, to log dictionary changes. That too would probably require a dictionary format plugin even if the logging is actually done to a separate file.