Re: Dictionary app recommendation
On Thu, 2002-10-03 at 21:52, Matthew Weier O'Phinney wrote:
> -- Robert Ian Smit <robian@wanadoo.nl> wrote
> (on Friday, 04 October 2002, 02:41 AM +0200):
> > Ideally I would like to use an application that has a gui and a cli
> > version and can be used online and offline. But a nice online app
> > that fits in well on a Windowmaker desktop should be enough for now.
> Package: dictd
> Description: Dictionary Server
> dictd is a TCP based server that allows a client to access dictionary
> definitions from a set of natural language dictionary databases.
> .
> Many dictionary databases have been packaged for debian. They are
> discussed in more detail in the file
> /usr/doc/dictd/README.Debian.gz
> .
> Either dict-gcide or dict-wn is essential for a useful English
> language dictionary server. It is strongly recommended that both be
> installed. It is desirable that dict-jargon or dict-foldoc also be
> installed.
> .
> The client program, dict, is packaged in dict*.deb If you are
> running a server, you will want the client for all machines in your
> network, and for testing server operations.
>
> I use the CLI to access it using the dict client, but I've also seen a
> KDE client for it. Using a scripting language, it'd be pretty easy to
> build a web interface for it as well.
>
> --
> Matthew Weier O'Phinney
>
>
I know with gdict, it by default contacts dict.org, as does the Galeon
entry - there is a Network Dictionary Transfer Protocol. That said,
there is a "ding" for general gui usage, and gsdict for GNUStep, and
probably WindowMaker. If you don't want the entire dictionary server
locally and you have a regular Internet connection, configuring these to
draw on dict.org instead is an option if the choice you select offers
that.
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