On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 11:06:42PM -0600, Bryan Cassidy wrote: > Is there a stand-alone dictionary port? I would like to have one on the > pc cause im gettin tired of goin online. thanks
Well, there's a built-in dictionary that comes with the system. I say 'dictionary', but it's really just a list of words -- /usr/share/dict/words With a little knowledge of Unix shell scripting you can cobble together a basic spell checker for text files from that. Rather more functional are the various spell-check programs available from ports. There are two main programs: textproc/aspell textproc/ispell but each has numerous slave ports with dictionaries in a dozen different (human) languages plus program bindings for various different (computer) languages. Neither of these are dictionaries in the sense of providing you wit the definition on a word -- all they do is check the spelling. If you want somethin that will give you definitions, entymology, pronunciation etc. you're going to have to fork out some money. Plus it's unlikely that you'll get it running under FreeBSD without a whole lot of grief. For instance the OED on CD-Rom requires some version of Windows to run: http://www.oed.com/services/cd-rom/requirements.html In the UK and Europe, it costs £250.00 for a single user version. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK
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