translation mouse gesture

[Elmar Höfner <elmar.hoefner@uibk.ac.at>]

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This might be usefull for some of you:

To translate a highlighted word using a mouse gesture, do the following:

1) Create a script with these lines (or just copy&paste):

##start here
WORD=`dcop klipper klipper getClipboardContents`
konqueror http://dict.leo.org/?search=$WORD &
exit 0
## end here

name it e.g. 'translator', make it executable and copy it to /usr/local/bin 
(if you want systemwide access). DON'T ADD '#!/bin/sh' in the first line!

2) Using KHotkeys, select 'new action' and name it 'translate'.
3) Define a trigger you can easily remember. I used "74159", this is a 
hook-shaped gesture.
4) As Action, define "Command/URL: translator"
5) Ready. You can use this gesture anywhere, the word added last in the 
clipboard (=last highlighted word) will be sent to LEO for German/English or 
English/German translation. 
6) If you want other things happen to the highlighted word, change the URL in 
the script. I got this from Konqui's web shortcuts: replace "\{@}" with 
"$WORD".

Bye, 
Elmar

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