Re: dict - phrase challenged

[Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net>]

On 04/30/2014 11:27 PM, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> On 5/1/14, Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> wrote:
> > Why not install Artha? It can handle multi-word phrases.  It is
> > quite comprehensive as a dictionary. Its only weirdness is that
> > it seems to think most words are very rare!
> arthur:
> Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.0.2), libdbus-glib-1-2 (>=
> 0.78), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.28.0), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.24.0), libx11-6,
> wordnet
>
> dict:
> Depends : netbase, recode, libc6 (>= 2.14), libmaa3 (>= 1.2.0)
>
> To use arthur implies using a GUI. That's why.
>
> But may be arthur works at the command line too. I don't know.
>
> But dict works just fine for my needs ... I like its simplicity.
>
> Thanks for the hint though, I had not known of arthur before.
>
> Regards
> Zenaan
I did not misspell the name of the app: artha is correct.
However, it does seem to be gui only. Typing in the filename
in its directory did not produce anything. I really like this
app, and it's available for Windows also, I believe.
--doug