Hi - There is one other alternate dictionary called artha<http://artha.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Home> .
It is completely offline and based on Wordnet. If you have used Wordweb in Windows, you know Artha. For a list of features, see artha.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Features For installation - apt-get install artha -- Shyam 2010/4/18 K Ramnarayan <[email protected]> > Hi > > Some time back i had posted on how to use the normal dictionary in offline > mode > (this is Dictionary 2.28.1) > > However there is another similar dictionary which seems, to me, to perform > better (Xfce4 Dictionary 0.5.3) link > http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/xfce4-dict > > i think this will be available in some repos, because it came built into > the > ultimate edition 2.5 . > > The key diiferences that i can make out are > a. Its easier to set up for offline (of course one needs to install all the > offline dicts and the dict client and server - last two i think ) > > To set up , locally, go to preferences > In the General - select Dictionary Server > In Dictionary Server - type in 127.0.0.1 where the server is mentioned > and finally in web service at the lower section there is a URL again type > in > 127.0.0.1. > > Ready to rock and roll > > B. the best and biggest difference is when one types a word to get the > meaning > it provides responses from all the available dictionarys , seems confusing > but > in the Gnome dict the meanings responses are provided from only the first > dict > and one must then navigate to each individual dict to get the appropriate > response. > > hope its useful > > ram > > -- > ubuntu-in mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in >
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