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WikiTaxi enables you to read, search, and browse Wikipedia offline. No Internet connection is needed, all pages are stored in a WikiTaxi database. Because ... skiptocontent Yunqa•TheDelphiInspiration DelphiComponentsandApplications UserTools RegisterLogIn SiteTools Search ToolsOldrevisionsBacklinksRecentChangesMediaManagerSitemapRegisterLogIn> RecentChangesMediaManagerSitemap Youarehere:Yunqa•TheDelphiInspiration»Applications»WikiTaxi Sidebar About Home News Tags DelphiComponents DIContainers DIConverters DICreole DIFileFinder DIGoogleReader DIHtmlLabel DIHtmlParser DIMime DIRegEx DISQLite3 DITidy DIUcl DIUnicode DIXml DIZipWriter TntUnicodeControls YuBrotli YuNetSurf YuOpenSSL YuPcre2 YuPdf YuStemmer YuXMLSec Applications DIPasDoc DIPP SQLiteSpy WikiTaxi History Wiki Support License/Donate MailingList Wikis apps:wikitaxi:index New!YuOpenSSL-3released!GetthelatestOpenSSLimplementationforDelphiwithoutDLLsnow,withsupportforthesefineInternetcomponentsandlibraries:ICS(InternetComponentsSuite),Indy(InternetDirect),andSynapseTCP/IPandseriallibrary.Learnmore… TableofContents Overview LatestNews WikiTaxionFacebook WikiTaxi1.2.0andlater WikiTaxiBenefits Reviews ImportingaDatabaseDump DownloadtheWikiBackup ImporttheXMLdumpintoaWikiTaxidatabase WikiTaxiusage Searchinginpagenames Findinpagetext Fontselection LoadaWikidatabaseatstart-up WikiTaxi DownloadWin32/Win64 Likeit?Donate! WikiTaxienablesyoutoread,search,andbrowseWikipediaoffline.NoInternetconnectionisneeded,allpagesarestoredinaWikiTaxidatabase. Overview History Wiki Overview DidyoueverwanttotakeWikipediawithyouwhileyouareoffline?CallonWikiTaxi:ItisaportableapplicationthatdeliverstheWikipediaofyourchoicetowhereveryougo. WikiTaxienablesyoutoread,search,andbrowseWikipediaoffline.NoInternetconnectionisneeded,allpagesarestoredinaWikiTaxidatabase.BecauseWikipediaisconstantlygrowing,WikiTaxiusescompressiontomakesurethatthedatabasestaysassmallaspossible. WikiTaxiismultilingual,soyoucanuseitfordifferentlanguageWikipedias(seescreenshots).ItalsoworkswellwiththeWiktionaryandWikiQuote.YoucansavemultipleWikistodiskanduseallofthemwithWikiTaxi. WikiTaxiisuptodate.ItusestheoriginalWikipediadatabasedumps,whichareusuallyupdatedeveryfewweeks.IfyoufeelthatyourofflineWikipediaisgettingtooold,youcandownloadamorerecentversionorjustcopyitfromafriend. LatestNews SomeoftherecentWikipediadumpscontainunexpectedduplicatepageentries,forexamplethesePolishandGermanWikidumps: http://dumps.wikimedia.org/plwiki/20150602/plwiki-20150602-pages-articles.xml.bz2 http://dumps.wikimedia.org/dewiki/20150602/dewiki-20150602-pages-articles.xml.bz2 Normally,Wikipediadoesnotallowduplicatepages,soneitherdoesWikiTaxi_Importerandfails.Theerrormessageis: SQLiteError19-PRIMARYKEYmustbeunique TheidealsolutionwouldbetocorrecttheMediawikidumps,butthisisuptoMediaWiki.Therefore,theeasiestsolutionisthatWikiTaxi_Importer.exeignoresduplicatepageentries.Thisnewversiondoesexactlythis: http://yunqa.de/delphi/downloads/WikiTaxi_Importer_1.3.1.zip Ifyouencounterthisproblem,pleasedownloadthenewimporter,test,andletmeknowhowitworks.IwillthenreleaseanewWikiTaxiwiththeupdatedimporter. WikiTaxionFacebook WikiTaxiisalsoonFacebook.GotheretolikeitandshareWikiTaxiamongyourfriends! WikiTaxi1.2.0andlater CAVEAT:StartingwithWikiTaxi1.2.0,thedatabaseformathaschangedtoenablethenewUnicodesearch.Thismeansthat*.taxifilescreatedbyearlierimportersnolongerworkwiththecurrentversion.Ifyouareupgrading,youmustreimportyourdatabasedumpwiththenewWikiTaxi_Importer.exe(readbelowforusageinstructions). WikiTaxiBenefits Simple:WikiTaxirequiresnoinstallation.JustextracttheWikiTaxiarchiveintoanyfolder,that'sall.Thisfoldercanbeonafixedharddrive,aportabledevicelikememorystick,orflashcard.WikiTaxinevermodifytheoperatingsystem,exceptforasmall*.inifilerightnexttoitsownexecutabletosaveitsoptions. Portable:WikiTaxiisasingle-fileapplicationwhichstartsbyasimpledouble-click.ItdoesnotrequireadatabaseengineorHTMLbrowser,nordoesitrequirePHP.Allfunctionalityiscompletelyself-containedinasingleexecutable. EasytoMaintain:TouninstallWikiTaxi,simplydeletetheWikiTaxifolder.Toremoveanoutdateddatabasefile,justeraseit. HowtoStart?TorunWikiTaxi,double-clickonWikiTaxi.exe.ThewelcomescreenguidesyouthroughafewsimplestepstodownloadandimportyourfirstWiki.Itwillbeupandrunningwithjustafewclicks! Reviews HerearesomelinkstoWikiTaxireviews.Ifyouhaveseenothers,pleasegetintouch! download.com(English) lifehacker(English) gHacks(English) Jan-PietMens(English) Dr.Web(German) OvalNets(German) soft-ware.net(German) 01net(French) SVM(French) DiggLife(Chinese) ZDNet(Dutch) Walhez(Spanish) Neoteo(Spanish) Ethirneechal(Tamil) Gelhele(Turkish) ImportingaDatabaseDump BeforeyoucanactuallyuseWikiTaxi,youmustdownloadyourWikipediafromtheInternetandimportitintoaWikiTaxidatabase.Thisisnecessaryforofflinebrowsing,anditisnotdifficultatall. DownloadtheWikiBackup FromthemanyWikipediabackupsavailable,youneedtodownloadjustonefile,theso-calledXMLdump.Herearesomedirectlinkstothemorepopular: SimpleEnglish(simplewiki),smalldownload,lessthan25MB,excellentforyourfirstWikiTaxiimportandtesting. English(enwiki),hugedownload,morethan3.5GB. German(dewiki),largedownload,morethan1.1GB. Frensh(frwiki),mediumdownload,lessthan1GB. Polish(plwiki),smallerdownload,lessthan400MB. DumpsforallWikis,indifferentlanguagesandsizes. Tostartdownloading,followoneofthelinksabove,pickyourWikiandbackupdate(latestisusuallybest),andlookoutforthefilenamed: pages-articles.xml.bz2 Downloadthisfiletoyourlocalharddisk.Itcontainsallarticles,templates,imagedescriptions,andprimarymeta-pagesofaWiki.Donotbotherwithanyotherfiles,WikiTaxidoesnotknowhowtohandlethem. WikiTaxiallowsyoutoshareyourWikipedia,soyoudonothavetodownloadityourself.Youcancopyfromafriend,ateacher,oryourboss.Ifyoucancopytosavethedownload,youcanalsosavethedatabaseimportifyoucopytheWikiTaxidatabaseinstead! ImporttheXMLdumpintoaWikiTaxidatabase Afterthedownloadhasfinished,runWikiTaxi_Importer.exetoextracttheWikiarticlesfromtheXMLdumpfiletoaWikiTaxidatabase.DependingonthesizeofyourWikipedia,thismaytakeabitoftime,butyouhavetodoitonceonly. WithintheWikiTaxiimporter,enterorbrowsefortheXMLdumpfileyoujustdownloadedandthedatabasefileyouwantittocreate.Thenclickthe“ImportNow!”buttonandwaituntiltheimportisfinished. FortheverylargeWikipedias,morememorycanhelptheimportertorunfaster.Movethe“RAMfordatabase”slidertotherightbeforeyoustarttheimport.Bemoderate,however,oryouriskyoursystemrunningoutofmemory.Thedefaultsettingusuallyworksfine. Whentheimportisfinished,youcanusethedatabaserightaway(readbelow).TheXMLdumpfile,ontheotherhand,isnolongerneeded.Youcandeleteittofreeupsomediskspace,buttestthedatabasefilefirstincasesomethingwentwrongandyoumustimportagain. WikiTaxiusage OnceyouhaveaWikiTaxidatabase,youcanrunWikiTaxitobrowseyourWikipediaoff-line.StartWikiTaxi.exe,andopenadatabase.WikiTaxiwilldisplayarandompageandyoucanstartbrowsingfromhere. Searchinginpagenames Tosearchforapagename,enterasearchqueryintothetopeditcontrol(CTRL+L).Thissyntaxissupported: CapitalizationWikiTaxisearchesareNOTcasesensitive.Allletters,regardlessofhowyoutypethem,willbeunderstoodaslowercase. Automatic“and”queriesWikiTaxionlyreturnspagesthatincludeallofyoursearchterms.Torestrictasearch,includemoreterms.Thiswillalsoreturnresultsfaster. PhrasesearchesTosearchforanexactphrase,simplyputquotationmarks(“)aroundsearchterms. NegativetermsPuttingaminussign(-)infrontofawordwillonlysearchforpageswhichdonothavethiswordintheirnames. “OR”searchTofindpagesthatincludeeitheroftwosearchterms,addanuppercaseORbetweentheterms.Youcangroupalternativesbywrappingthemwithparenthesis”(“and”)“. PrefixsearchPutanasterisk(*)afterawordtosearchforvariants.Example:class*findsclass,classmate,classes,andsoon. Findinpagetext PressCTRL+Ftodisplaythefindintextpanel,thentypesometext.F3jumpstothenextmatch,SHIFT+F3tothepreviousone. Fontselection WikiTaxishowsUnicodecharacters,butitneedsaUnicodefonttodoso.Ifyouexperiencedisplayproblems(littleboxesinsteadofcharacters),specifyaUnicodefont:Rightclickontheviewerandchoosethefonttypefromthepopup-menu. LoadaWikidatabaseatstart-up WikiTaxicanopenadatabasefileautomaticallyifyoupassitsfilenameasacommandlineparameterlikethis: WikiTaxi.exeC:\My_Wikis\simplewiki.taxi IfyouregularlywishtostartWikiTaxiwithaparticularWikidatabasethenyoucanalsocreateadesktopshortcutwhichincludesthedatabaseparameter.Todothis,right-clickonanopenspaceofthedesktopandchoose“New→Shortcut”.Followthewizardtocreatethenewshortcut.Whenitpromptsyouforlocation(notname),typethefilepathandfilenamefollowedbythecommandlinearguments,exactlyasintheexampleabove. Detailedinstructionsareavailableonthisseparatepage. Wikipedia®isaregisteredtrademarkoftheWikimediaFoundation,Inc. 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