edictionary - Your personal command line
dictionary
edictionary was featured in Linux Journal July '03 issue. Here is
the online version of the article.
Latest version of edictionary is edict-2.2
What is it?
Love the command line? Hate to switch to a browser to
search the web for word meanings? Well, "edict" is the word you've been
looking for. edictionary is a nifty li'l app (size 84K) which you
can use
as your dictionary. It will fit quite well into your command line
intensive
job and it's faster than your browser too! Give it a try.
edictionary can be used to view the meaning of
English words. It can also provide related details like etymology,
function,
pronunciation etc. Adding support for other languages is not included,
but is easy. It can grab the meaning of any word from the convenience
of the command line. You can ask for meanings of multiple words at
once.
You can call edictionary from within your scripts. The full
source code is also available. Modify it for fun or for something
useful
- Happy flaunting!!
Caution: May help improve your GRE/GMAT english
score
; )
What platforms are supported?
edictionary is as platform independent as Perl,
because, you guessed
it, it is written in Perl ; ). Thus, all you need is Perl
installed
on your machine, and of course, edictionary. FYI, Perl is a platform
independent language. Interpreters
are available for Linux, UNIX, Windows and many other platforms,
easily. If you are running Linux or UNIX, chances are that you already
have Perl installed on your machine.
Help on installing and using edict is available in
the documentation
section.
What's planned for future releases?
Future releases will have support for more
customization, pronunciation
(yes, your computer will speak the word for you) and other nifty
things.
Keep in touch with this page to see what's the latest release. You can
take a look the current TODO list.
Is edict available as a GUI app? OR Is edict available in
non-command-line
mode?
Hehehe... you're kidding right??? Use your browser,
stupid
:p. I recommend Mozilla or Firefox.
How can I contribute?
If you have a cool idea that you want to implement
for/in
edict, you are always welcome. Write to me at vermavee at users.sf.net,
and I'll respond as soon as I can.
Dedication!
Dedicated to all those, whose mother tongue isn't
English.
All content copyright Vishal Verma, (c) 2002-2004.