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| <tr><td width=20><td><b>DICT(1)</b><td align=right><b>DICT(1)</b> |
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| <p><font size=+1><b>NAME </b></font><br> |
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| dict, adict – dictionary browser<br> |
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| <p><font size=+1><b>SYNOPSIS </b></font><br> |
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| <tt><font size=+1>dict</font></tt> [ <tt><font size=+1>−k</font></tt> ] [ <tt><font size=+1>−d</font></tt> <i>dictname</i> ] [ <tt><font size=+1>−c</font></tt> <i>command</i> ] [ <i>pattern</i> ] <tt><font size=+1>adict</font></tt> [ |
| <tt><font size=+1>−d</font></tt> <i>dictname</i> ] [ <i>pattern</i> ]<br> |
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| <p><font size=+1><b>DESCRIPTION </b></font><br> |
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| <i>Dict</i> is a dictionary browser. If a <i>pattern</i> is given on the command |
| line, <i>dict</i> prints all matching entries; otherwise it repeatedly |
| accepts and executes commands. The options are<br> |
| <tt><font size=+1>−d</font></tt> <i>dictname</i> Use the given dictionary. A list of available dictionaries |
| is printed by option <tt><font size=+1>−d?</font></tt>. The default is the first dictionary |
| on the list that is installed on the system.<br> |
| <tt><font size=+1>−c</font></tt> <i>command</i> Execute one command and quit. The command syntax is |
| described below.<br> |
| <tt><font size=+1>−k</font></tt> Print a pronunciation key. |
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| Patterns are regular expressions (see <a href="../man7/regexp.html"><i>regexp</i>(7)</a>), with an implicit |
| leading <tt><font size=+1>^</font></tt> and trailing <tt><font size=+1>$</font></tt>. Patterns are matched against an index |
| of headwords and variants, to form a ‘match set’. By default, |
| both patterns and the index are folded: upper case characters |
| are mapped into their lower case equivalents, and Latin accented |
| characters are mapped into their non-accented equivalents. In |
| interactive mode, there is always a ‘current match set’ and a |
| ‘current entry’ within the match set. Commands can change either |
| or both, as well as print the entries or information about them. |
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| Commands have an address followed by a command letter. Addresses |
| have the form:<br> |
| <tt><font size=+1>/</font></tt><i>re</i><tt><font size=+1>/</font></tt> Set the match set to all entries matching the regular expression |
| <i>re</i>, sorted in dictionary order. Set the current entry to the first |
| of the match set.<br> |
| <tt><font size=+1>!</font></tt><i>re</i><tt><font size=+1>!</font></tt> Like <tt><font size=+1>/</font></tt><i>re</i><tt><font size=+1>/</font></tt> but use exact matching, i.e., without case and accent |
| folding.<br> |
| <i>n</i> An integer <i>n</i> means change the current entry to the <i>n</i>th of the |
| current match set.<br> |
| <tt><font size=+1>#</font></tt><i>n</i> The integer <i>n</i> is an absolute byte offset into the raw dictionary. |
| (See the <tt><font size=+1>A</font></tt> command, below.)<br> |
| <i>addr</i><tt><font size=+1>+</font></tt> After setting the match set and current entry according to |
| <i>addr</i>, change the match set and current entry to be the next entry |
| in the dictionary (not necessarily in the match set) after the |
| current entry.<br> |
| <i>addr</i><tt><font size=+1>−</font></tt> Like <i>addr</i><tt><font size=+1>+</font></tt> but go to previous dictionary entry. |
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| The command letters come in pairs: a lower case and the corresponding |
| upper case letter. The lower case version prints something about |
| the current entry only, and advances the current entry to the |
| next in the match set (wrapping around to the beginning after |
| the last). The upper case version prints something about |
| all of the match set and resets the current entry to the beginning |
| of the set.<br> |
| <tt><font size=+1>p</font></tt>,<tt><font size=+1>P</font></tt> Print the whole entry.<br> |
| <tt><font size=+1>h</font></tt>,<tt><font size=+1>H</font></tt> Print only the headword(s) of the entry.<br> |
| <tt><font size=+1>a</font></tt>,<tt><font size=+1>A</font></tt> Print the dictionary byte offset of the entry.<br> |
| <tt><font size=+1>r</font></tt>,<tt><font size=+1>R</font></tt> Print the whole entry in raw format (without translating special |
| characters, etc.). |
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| If no command letter is given for the first command, <tt><font size=+1>H</font></tt> is assumed. |
| After an <tt><font size=+1>H</font></tt>, the default command is <tt><font size=+1>p</font></tt>. Otherwise, the default command |
| is the previous command. |
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| <i>Adict</i> is a dictionary browser for <a href="../man1/acme.html"><i>acme</i>(1)</a>. When run with no arguments, |
| it creates a new <i>acme</i> window named <tt><font size=+1>/adict/</font></tt> listing the installed |
| dictionaries. Clicking with button 3 on a dictionary name will |
| create a new empty window named <tt><font size=+1>/adict/</font></tt><i>dict</i><tt><font size=+1>/.</font></tt> Typing and then |
| clicking on a pattern in this window will create |
| a new lookup window named <tt><font size=+1>/adict/</font></tt><i>dict</i><tt><font size=+1>/</font></tt><i>pattern</i> containing the dictionary’s |
| definition of <i>pattern</i>. Clicking with button 3 on any word in this |
| new window will create new lookup windows. |
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| If <i>adict</i> is run with a <i>pattern ,</i> it starts with the <tt><font size=+1>/adict/</font></tt><i>dict</i><tt><font size=+1>/</font></tt><i>pattern</i> |
| window. |
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| If <i>adict</i> is run with no pattern but with a <tt><font size=+1>−d</font></tt> option, it starts |
| with the <tt><font size=+1>/adict/</font></tt><i>dict</i><tt><font size=+1>/</font></tt> window.<br> |
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| <p><font size=+1><b>FILES </b></font><br> |
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| <tt><font size=+1>/usr/local/plan9/dict<br> |
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| dictionaries<br> |
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| <p><font size=+1><b>SEE ALSO </b></font><br> |
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| <a href="../man7/regexp.html"><i>regexp</i>(7)</a><br> |
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| <p><font size=+1><b>SOURCE </b></font><br> |
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| <tt><font size=+1>/usr/local/plan9/src/cmd/dict<br> |
| /usr/local/plan9/bin/adict<br> |
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| <p><font size=+1><b>BUGS </b></font><br> |
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| A font with wide coverage of the Unicode Standard should be used |
| for best results. (Try <tt><font size=+1>/usr/local/plan9/font/pelm/unicode.9.font</font></tt>.) |
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| If the <i>pattern</i> doesn’t begin with a few literal characters, matching |
| takes a long time. |
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| The dictionaries are not distributed outside Bell Labs, though |
| see <tt><font size=+1>/usr/local/plan9/dict/README</font></tt> for information on using free |
| dictionaries prepared by Project Gutenberg.<br> |
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