Re: Dictionary in ports?
On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 23:06:42 -0600 Bryan Cassidy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 I user wordnet my self. I like it. It doubles as a dictionary and thesarus. It is also probally the best thesarus I have come across in software form. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/url.cgi?ports/textproc/wordnet/pkg-descr http://www.cogsci.princeton.edu/~wn/ ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Dictionary in ports?
Bryan Cassidy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is there a stand-alone dictionary port? I would like to have one on the > pc cause im gettin tired of goin online. thanks textproc/wordnet has an English dictionary and thesaurus, and comes with a CLI and GUI. -- Dan Pelleg ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Dictionary in ports?
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 The command line tool 'look' allows you to lookup words that start with the characters you specify: [12:40:16] [EMAIL PROTECTED] /home/munk# look auspic auspicate auspice auspices auspicial auspicious auspiciously auspiciousness auspicy not a full on spell checker, but handy to know about. -- Jez Hancock - System Administrator / PHP Developer http://munk.nu/ ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Dictionary in ports?
At 13:58 14.11.2003, Gary Jennejohn wrote: Ion-Mihai Tetcu writes: > At 07:06 14.11.2003, 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 > > net/dictd server and various databases ( net/dictd-database and > http://www.dict.org/ ) > > On KDE one can use kdict to query the dictd server. He wrote that he doesn't want to go online to use a dictionary. The only standalone dictionary I know of in ports is for German (de-dict). buh# cat /usr/ports/net/dictd-database/pkg-descr Dictd words database. buh# cd /usr/ports/net/dictd-database/ && make install clean buh# ifconfig rl0 down Alt+F2 --> kdict --> OK type some word and see the entries. You can grep additional dictd databases from that URL. IOnut ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Dictionary in ports?
Ion-Mihai Tetcu writes: > At 07:06 14.11.2003, 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 > > net/dictd server and various databases ( net/dictd-database and > http://www.dict.org/ ) > > On KDE one can use kdict to query the dictd server. > He wrote that he doesn't want to go online to use a dictionary. The only standalone dictionary I know of in ports is for German (de-dict). --- Gary Jennejohn / garyj[at]jennejohn.org gj[at]freebsd.org gj[at]denx.de ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Dictionary in ports?
At 07:06 14.11.2003, 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 net/dictd server and various databases ( net/dictd-database and http://www.dict.org/ ) On KDE one can use kdict to query the dictd server. IOnut ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Dictionary in ports?
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 pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Dictionary in ports?
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