Re: diction

[linuksos <linuksos@gmail.com>]

Hi Mark,

Interesting command :-)) Try something like this:

diction -s
Let us ask the question we wish to state.
(stdin):1: Let us [ask the question -> ask] [we wish to state ->
(cliche, avoid)].

hope this is what your are looking for:-)

-- 
lubo
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On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 2:42 PM, Mark Grieveson <dg135@torfree.net> wrote:
> Hello.  I was reading about the diction tool in the Linux Cookbook.  It
> stated that it combined two different commands into one (those being,
> diction and suggest). According to the book, the command diction points
> out potential errors by enclosing them in square brackets, and also
> contains the functionality of the command "suggest", by outputting
> suggestions that are preceded by a right arrow.
>
> It gives the following example:
>
> $ diction
> Let us ask the question we wish to state.
> (stdin):1: Let us [ask the question -> ask]
> [we wish to state -> (cliche, avoid)].
>
> However, when I try this, I do not get the suggestions.  I simply get
> the following:
>
> mark@debian:~$ diction
> Let us ask the question we wish to state.
> (stdin):1: Let us [ask the question] [we wish to state].
>
> Is there something else I need to install to get the "suggest"
> functionality that the Linux Cookbook refers to?
>
> Mark
>
>
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