Re: Dict
Alan Eugene Davis <adavis@netpci.com> writes:
> I installed all I could get hold of, of dict*. I snarfed it a couple
> or three weeks ago off Incoming. I noticed there is no Webster's.
> Perhaps there should be a note? By the way, where can I get ahold of
> the appropriately formatted Websters?
The copyright for the 1913Webster in not DFSG compliant. Rather
than package it to go in non-free, I have discussed the copyright with
Pat Cassidy, who edited the current version. He has agreed to prepare
a public domain version with some of the tags (that are not used by
dictd) omitted. I had hoped to have this available before now, but I
heard earlier this week from Rik Faith (the author of dictd and dict)
that he and Pat were "working on the tag set currently. It may be a
few more weeks until there is a PD version." I will package it as
soon as they release it.
The following note is in the control file for dictd, which
provides the description in dselect. Of course, if you get the
package from Incoming you don't get to see it. ;-)
: The following package is delayed due to copyright considerations. It
: is expected to be available during May 1998
: dict-web1913 - 1913 Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
A similar note is in /usr/doc/dictd/README.Debian.gz.
The 1913Webster database is available from ftp://ftp.dict.org/pub/dict
or ftp://ftp.cs.unc.edu/pub/users/faith/dict. The version in the
../dict directory is "raw"; there is a preformatted version in the
../dict/pre directory.
> Also, I wasn't able to get dict to work easily at all. What simple
> set up did I over look? I tried to point it to a file on localhost,
> but it didn't want to find it???
Did you install dictd? You don't point dict at a file, you point
it at a dictd server. Read /usr/doc/dict/README.Debian.gz and
/usr/doc/dictd/README.Debian.gz, and see the comments at the top of
the config files, /etc/dict.conf and /etc/dictd.conf. If you still
have problems, get back to me with more specifics about your problem.
> I'd like to get hold of an emacs function that would do a
> comprehensive search on the work under point.
I'm afraid you would have to write that yourself. ;-)
Bob
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