Re: dictionary packages for Gnome desktop

[Timothy Musson <trmusson@ihug.co.nz>]

Russell L. Harris wrote:
> Prior to installing Etch, the Gnome desktop dictionary displayed in a
> side panel a list of words which previously had been looked up.  This
> always-visible list was very convenient.  But in Etch with Gnome, the
> dictionary provided by the "add to panel" menu lacks this feature; the
> help -> about menu identifies the new dictionary only as "Dictionary
> 2.14.0".  Is the old dictionary still available?

Sorry, I don't know.

> And is there a "local" dictionary which can be installed on a machine
> which does not have Internet access?

Yes. Install 'dictd' and 'dict-gcide'. Then, in the GNOME dictionary's
preferences dialog, set the Server to 'localhost'.

For a list of available dictionaries, try:

  $ apt-cache search --names-only dict-

I also like to add the following line to /etc/default/dictd:

  DICTD_ARGS="$DICTD_ARGS --listen-to=127.0.0.1"

Hope that helps,

Tim
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