Re: dictionary packages for Gnome desktop

2006-09-21 Thread Mike McCarty
Ralph Katz wrote: On 09/20/2006, Mike McCarty wrote: $ look barnac $ look twid Mike: How about that! Well, I'm running sarge. ~$ look barnac barnacle barnacle's barnacles ~$ look twid twiddle twiddled twiddles twiddling Looking to why I get different results, perhaps this can help you d

Re: dictionary packages for Gnome desktop

2006-09-20 Thread Ralph Katz
On 09/20/2006, Mike McCarty wrote: > $ look barnac > $ look twid Mike: How about that! Well, I'm running sarge. ~$ look barnac barnacle barnacle's barnacles ~$ look twid twiddle twiddled twiddles twiddling Looking to why I get different results, perhaps this can help you debug: ~$ ls -l /usr

Re: dictionary packages for Gnome desktop

2006-09-20 Thread Mike McCarty
Ralph Katz wrote: On 09/20/2006, Mike McCarty wrote: Ralph Katz wrote: On 09/20/2006, Timothy Musson wrote: The GNOME dictionary's really nice, but it's sometimes handy to have a quick dictionary on the command line, too. If you're only checking spelling, the "look" command is fast:

Re: dictionary packages for Gnome desktop

2006-09-20 Thread Ralph Katz
On 09/20/2006, Mike McCarty wrote: > Ralph Katz wrote: >> On 09/20/2006, Timothy Musson wrote: >> >> >>> The GNOME dictionary's really nice, but it's sometimes handy to >>> have a quick dictionary on the command line, too. >> >> >> If you're only checking spelling, the "look" command is fast: >> >

Re: dictionary packages for Gnome desktop

2006-09-20 Thread Mike McCarty
Ralph Katz wrote: On 09/20/2006, Timothy Musson wrote: The GNOME dictionary's really nice, but it's sometimes handy to have a quick dictionary on the command line, too. If you're only checking spelling, the "look" command is fast: $ look string Just off the top of my head... $ look teas

Re: dictionary packages for Gnome desktop

2006-09-20 Thread Ralph Katz
On 09/20/2006, Timothy Musson wrote: > The GNOME dictionary's really nice, but it's sometimes handy to > have a quick dictionary on the command line, too. If you're only checking spelling, the "look" command is fast: $ look string Regards. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Re: dictionary packages for Gnome desktop

2006-09-20 Thread Timothy Musson
Russell L. Harris wrote: > Timothy Musson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Russell L. Harris wrote: > >> And is there a "local" dictionary which can be installed on a > >> machine which does not have Internet access? > > Yes. Install 'dictd' and 'dict-gcide'. Then, in the GNOME > > dictionary's pre

Re: dictionary packages for Gnome desktop

2006-09-19 Thread Russell L. Harris
Timothy Musson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Russell L. Harris wrote: >> And is there a "local" dictionary which can be installed on a machine >> which does not have Internet access? > > Yes. Install 'dictd' and 'dict-gcide'. Then, in the GNOME dictionary's > preferences dialog, set the Server to '

Re: dictionary packages for Gnome desktop

2006-09-19 Thread Timothy Musson
Russell L. Harris wrote: > Prior to installing Etch, the Gnome desktop dictionary displayed in a > side panel a list of words which previously had been looked up. This > always-visible list was very convenient. But in Etch with Gnome, the > dictionary provided by the "add to panel" menu lacks thi

dictionary packages for Gnome desktop

2006-09-19 Thread Russell L. Harris
Prior to installing Etch, the Gnome desktop dictionary displayed in a side panel a list of words which previously had been looked up. This always-visible list was very convenient. But in Etch with Gnome, the dictionary provided by the "add to panel" menu lacks this feature; the help -> about menu