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likelightweight

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Registered: 2010-04-21

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Wanted: Name of a lightweight English dictionary package

Does anyone know of a lightweight dictionary for English words? I want something that does not require network access, and ideally has a command line interface. That way I can highlight some words in an application such as my web browser, and hit a desktop shortcut key bound to "xterm -e <dictionary_app> `xclip -o`" and immediately see the word's definition.

Last edited by likelightweight (2010-04-21 06:49:19)

leopardonLQ

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Registered: 2010-03-23

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Re: Wanted: Name of a lightweight English dictionary package

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fflarex

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Registered: 2007-09-15

Posts: 466

Re: Wanted: Name of a lightweight English dictionary package

The plan9port package includes a program called dict, along with information about where to obtain dictionaries which are properly formatted for it.