Re: OT but very useful...

On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 05:58:34 -0500, thunder <thunderTAKEOUT@xxxxxxx>
wrote:

On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 07:28:37 +0700, Bruce In Bangkok wrote:


I recently asked about the availability of an memory based dictionary
and thesaurus

What do you mean by "memory based"? There is dict, which is a network
dictionary protocol. Setting up a server on your machine is a piece of
cake, and there are quite a few dictionaries to go with it. Or, you
could use dict.org.

http://www.dict.org/bin/Dict

The dictionary that comes with several versions of Linux is
"Dictionary 2.20.0.1 copyright Emmanuel Bassi" doesn't seem to have a
database of words. Each time you ask for a definition it accesses the
web which of course takes time. In addition it assumes that you are
always connected to the Internet, which I am not.

I spent most of an afternoon searching for a decent disk based
dictionary and downloaded several that seemed to have good
recommendations. Of course being Linux they were source and every one
I tried refused to compile as my Gnome based machine lacked some
dependency or another.

www.dict.org suffers from the same problem - won't work unless you are
attached to the Internet.

Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)
.

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