Re: dictd

[Zenaan Harkness <zen@freedbms.net>]

On 9/9/13, lina <lina.lastname@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Monday 09,September,2013 06:51 PM, Darac Marjal wrote:
>> On Mon, Sep 09, 2013 at 06:41:50PM +0800, lina wrote:
>>> What is the purpose of the dictd, do I need a local server? for dict?
>>
>> dictd is the server for the dict dictionary client. You don't NEED a
>> local server if you have access to another server elsewhere (you'll
>> notice that the dict package only suggests dictd). If you have internet
>> access, you can try one of the servers at
>> http://www.dict.org/w/servers/start.
>
> That's why I am confused, thanks, I have purged it.

For me, it is part of my 'standard' desktop install. Two reasons -
one, my learning process is information that google or some dictionary
server might like to know about and privacy is something that is
lived, a preference I have - two, I have gotten used to instantaneous
dictionary lookups, it's hard to accept anything less these days :)

Good luck
Zenaan