I got the same problem on Windows.
When I look at the code for "define" have found out the reason. Here are
the code:
function defineWord(word, callback) {
var url =
"http://services.aonaware.com/DictService/DictService.asmx/DefineInDict";;
var params = Utils.paramsToString({
dictId: "wn", //wn: WordNet, gcide: Collaborative Dictionary
word: word
});
Utils.ajaxGet(url + params, function(xml) {
var text = jQuery(xml).find("WordDefinition").text();
callback(text);
});
}
CmdUtils.CreateCommand({
name: "def",
description: "Gives the meaning of a word.",
help: "Try issuing "define aglet"",
icon: "http://www.answers.com/favicon.ico";,
takes: {"word": noun_arb_text},
execute: function( directObj ) {
var word = directObj.text;
Utils.openUrlInBrowser( "http://www.answers.com/"; + escape(word) );
},
preview: function( pblock, directObj ) {
var word = directObj.text;
if (word.length < 2)
pblock.innerHTML = "Gives the definition of a word.";
else {
pblock.innerHTML = "Gives the definition of the word " + word + ".";
defineWord( word, function(text){
text = text.replace(/(\d+:)/g, "<br/><b>$&</b>");
text = text.replace(/(1:)/g, "<br/>$&");
text = text.replace(word, "<span style='font-size:18px;'>$&</span>");
text = text.replace(/\[[^\]]*\]/g, "");
pblock.innerHTML = text;
});
}
}
So define uses the service from aonaware. Given the dictionary id (there are
different dictionaries there and define use WordNet dictionary) and the word
it will return the xml with the definition of the word. For example if
dictionary id is wn (for WordNet) and the word id hello, the XML returned
is:
<WordDefinition>
<Word>hello</Word>
<Definitions>
<Definition>
<Word>hello</Word>
<Dictionary>
<Id>wn</Id>
<Name>WordNet (r) 2.0</Name>
</Dictionary>
<WordDefinition>
hello n : an expression of greeting; "every morning they exchanged
polite hellos" [syn: {hullo}, {hi}, {howdy}, {how-do-you-do}]
</WordDefinition>
</Definition>
</Definitions>
</WordDefinition>
So define looks up in this xml file for the definition:
var text = jQuery(xml).find("WordDefinition").text()
However, the problem is that there are 2 tags for WordDefinition, the innner
WordDefintion contains the definition of the word and the outer
WordDefinition includes the inner one. Hence, the above lookup will return
duplicate result.
I copied the code and change "WordDefinition" to "Definition" and create a
new command def to try out. The duplicate in the preview was gone.
Best regards
Tony Vu
On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 1:07 AM, wastvedt <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Anytime I look up a word with the built-in "define" command, I get two
> successive copies of the dictionary definition.
> I'm running Firefox 3.0.6 on Ubuntu 8.10, with Ubiquity 0.1.6.1.
> Is this a bug? Or is there something I should do differently? Let me
> know if you need more info.
>
> For example, typing "define ubiquity" displays
>
> ubiquity ubiquity wn WordNet (r) 2.0 ubiquity n : the state of being
> everywhere at once (or seeming to be everywhere at once) ubiquity n :
> the state of being everywhere at once (or seeming to be everywhere at
> once)
>
> Thanks for the help.
> -Trygve
> >
>
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