[ILUG-Social] Linux/Unix Dictionary

[David O'Callaghan]

On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 09:15:15AM +0100, John P. Looney wrote:
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> www.dict.org has a downloadable free dictionary & search thingy too. I
> use "gdict", a gnome applet that I can bang words into, and it goes off to
> dict.org, does a search, and then brings up the definitions required in a
> window on the desktop. Kick ass.

You could even download the server software and some of the databases
and run a local server for your office, which would save some bandwidth.

I've noticed gdict doing odd stuff with formatting and it only seems
to display the first result found...

David