Mac OS - goldendict program: Query error: The program has returned exit code 255.

[PhungXuanAnh]

On Mac OS, when using this program on terminal it work well, but when add this program to goldendict, it show above error

Anyone know about this issue?

[JiagengDing]

I also have this problem. Have you fixed it?

[BenzLeung]

same

[IFphoenix]

I have the same problem, who can help me ORZ!!

[jinzi97]

I just solved this problem, and it seems work well with me. I found my answer from this thread: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/270540/translate-shell-script-not-working-within-automator

I'm not familiar with programming, so I just wrote down the solution.

I used macports to install translate-shell and gawk, and the script file is at the path of /opt/local/bin. I used the code of which gawk to find them.

Then I changed the file of trans by vim as the thread told.

change: gawk -f <(echo -E "$TRANS_PROGRAM") - "$@"
###### this is the last line of the trans script. To: /opt/local/bin/gawk -f <(echo -E "$TRANS_PROGRAM") - "$@"
###### "/opt/local/bin" is just the case for me.

Finally, I used this code in the settings of Goldendict

/opt/local/bin/trans %GDWORD%

P.S. There is no problem to add any options you want after trans.