I can see the definition of words I've selected in BBEdit by the right- click method -- whether the New Oxford American Dictionary provided by Apple is open or not, as long as the selected word exists. Of course, if the selected word does not exist, then the word will not be found in the dictionary.
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = On Oct 15, 2009, at 12:02 PM, Dennis Dowling wrote: > > Does anyone else have this problem with the contextual menu > for 'Look Up in Dictionary' from BBEdit? If I select a word and > right-click to pulldown 'Look Up in Dictionary', the Dictionary > app opens but the selected word is not loaded into the search > box so, no definition shows up. > > This fails when Dictionary is not open - if Dictionary is > already open before the right-click to Look Up it works fine. It > also works fine if you use the top menubar to pulldown > BBEdit>Services>Look Up in Dictionary instead of contextual menu. > > It's not a huge problem but, just wondering if this is a > new bug due to Snow Leopard or something. I'm on OS 10.6.1 & BBE > 9.2.1. The same problem also occurs in Mailsmith 2.2.2. But, > otherwise it seems to work fine from other apps that have > Dictionary in contextual Menu. > > thanks, - Den. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the "BBEdit Talk" discussion group on Google Groups. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bbedit?hl=en If you have a feature request or would like to report a problem, please email "[email protected]" rather than posting to the group. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
