"sdcv" does not set up `rl_readline_name' variable which can be extremely useful for the writing the .inputrc file. Additionally sdcv does not use readline in the "Your choice [-1 to abort]" dialog. This patch fix both these issues, readline_name is set up to "sdcv".
This trick allows me to add into the .inputrc
$if sdcv
"\e\e": "-1\n"
$endif
and type double-escape in the "Your choice" dialog instead of pretty annoying "-1".
sdcv uses g_get_home_dir function to find home directory. That function uses passwd entry and this in turn breaks expectations of users and automatic tests inside sandbox where access behind some directory is not allowed (and thus tests are not allowed to write into /root/.stardict/dic...) The patch in attachment fixes this basically by using code from gnome manual:
http://library.gnome.org/devel/glib/stable/glib-Miscellaneous-Utility-Functions.html#g-get-home-dir
const char *homedir = g_getenv ("HOME");
if (!homedir)
homedir = g_get_home_dir ();
