On Feb 18, Dr. Andreas Wehler wrote > I would like to resolve these many abbreviations today, as
> So, is there any appropriate dictionary? Thanks. J. H. M. Dassen gave several URL's which should answer your questions, but the start of your subject line reminded me of something else that I am interested in -- a ``webster'' like dictionary that I could install on my linux box. I think that ``webster'' might come with NeXT machines, but it has been available at every university at which I have had a UNIX account, and I find myself telnetting into my university account several times per day, specifically to make use of it. (Yes, I have a real paper and ink dictionary, and I usually choose to use it when I am reading a book, but I want an online dictionary when I am typing or reading mail.) Several linux dictionary options come to mind. WWW -- I believe that there are www dictionary sites available, but I want a dictionary installed on my machine that I can use whether or not I am connected to the net. Commercial UNIX dictionaries -- I recently saw a c.o.l.a article announcing the availability of a ``webster''-like American Heritage dictionary for linux, but the price was a bit steep. (I think it was $89 US for a single user license.) DOS or Windows dictionary, converted for linux -- I would spend $20 - $30 US for such a dictionary on CDROM if I could break the format of the data file and write my own linux viewer for it. (This would probably be a violation of the letter of the license, but not the spirit, as I would only use the "linux version" installed one single user machine.) GNU Free Dictionary project -- What ever happened to this? Gutenberg Project dictionary -- I just noticed that the Gutenberg Project released a 1919 Webster dictionary last year, both as an ASCII flat file, and in html format. That is a little old (necessitated by copyright concerns) but it would serve nearly all my purposes (and add some historical flavor to boot). I believe that it is 40 MB uncompressed, and I plan on downloading it shortly. Has anyone else had a look at it? While an html version would be usable, I would like to see a dictionary specific browser/viewer built for it. It is not appropriate to wrap up all the works of the Gutenberg Project as debian packages, but it might be appropriate to do so with a dictionary and thesaurus. (They have also released a version of Roget's Thesaurus.) At the very least, a contrib package could be built containing viewers (and possible even ``webster''-like client and server) and including instructions for downloading the data files. Is any one else interested in this? Kirk Hilliard -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
