Hi all, This is quite useful, using gnome-dictionary offline, which we were looking for for a long time.
Source: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=145949 1. Install the packages dictd, dict-gcide, and dict-wn. * dictd is the dictionary database "server" of sorts * dict-gcide is a comprehensive free English dictionary * dict-wn is another dictionary with more up-to-date definitions, but it is not comprehensive 2. Install other dictionary packages you might want * Look in Synaptic at the many packages under dict- and read their descriptions. If you want to download all the dictionaries, you can just get the metapackage dict-freedict. I avoided this option because I did not want to clutter my definition screen or to wait while the program searched all these extra dictionaries I'd rarely (if ever) use. * dict-moby-thesaurus is available if you want a thesaurus, too. 3. Change the preferences in gnome-dictionary. * Applications > Dictionary opens gnome-dictionary * Edit > Preferences * change server to localhost * change the Database to "search all databases" 4. work in progress: Change the order in which definitions appear * The file /etc/dictd/dictd.order apparently controls the order in which definitions are searched, the order in which they appear, or maybe both. I want the up-to-date definition (from wn) to be listed first when they are available, so I changed my order to "wn gcide web1913..." It does not appear to have made any difference -- the old-fashioned definition still appears first. Note: I've also put it up on the FOSS Nepal wiki: http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Using_gnome-dictionary_offline Cheers, Subir -- Subir B. Pradhanang www.fossnepal.org --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
