On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:18:39 +0700, Bruce In Bangkok wrote:


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.

What distribution are you using? You can do what I do. I run a dictd
server on one of my LAN machines, and add the dictionaries I need there.
It's all local so I don't need to be connected to the Internet. Or, you
can run the server on the machine you are using, as I do on my laptop.

I have a dict client, but I usually just use a CGI script that I access
from within my browser. If you tell me what distribution you are using,
I might be able to set you up.