NAME¶

dict_lookup - DICT Protocol Client

SYNOPSIS¶

dict_lookuop [options]

DESCRIPTION¶

dict_lookup reads X selection, then open terminal emulator and run dict client in it allowing user to view content using pager. It makes sense to configure launching dict_lookup on a keyboard shortcut in the window manager.

OPTIONS¶

-h

display help message.

-x x

X coordinate of terminal emulator.

-x Y

Y coordinate of terminal emulator.

-s WxH

width and height of terminal emulator separated by 'x'.

-q query

query, if it is specified, X selection is not read.

ENVIRONMENT¶

dict_lookup recognizes the following environment variables. The default value is specified in square brackets.

D_AWK_PROG

AWK interpreter to use. [awk]

D_XCLIP_PROG

xclip application. [xclip]

D_XTERM_PROG

xterm or equivalent terminal emulator. [xterm]

D_UTF8_LOCALE

UTF-8 locale. [first available UTF-8 locale on system]

D_DICT_PROG

Dictionary client program. [dict]

D_DICT_SERVER

Option for dictionary client specifying the server. [-h dict.org]

D_DICT_PORT

Option for dictionary client specifying the port. [-p 2628]

D_DICT_DB_OPT

Option for dictionary client specifying the database. [-d foldoc]

D_XTERM_CLASS

Option for terminal emulator specifying the class. [-class XTerm]

D_XTERM_NAME

Option for terminal emulator specifying the name. [-name xterm_dict]

D_XTERM_TITLE

Option for terminal emulator specifying the title. [-title dict_lookup]

D_TEXT_WIDTH

Program calculating text width for given text. [cyrillic_text_width]
cyrillic_text_width doesn't work correctly for Japanese, Korean, Chinese and some other languages.

D_TERM_X

Terminal emulator X coordinate. [+200]

D_TERM_Y

Terminal emulator Y coordinate. [+200]

D_TERM_H

Terminal emulator height. [+40]

D_PAGER

Pager. [less -R]

SEE ALSO¶

dict(1), less(1), xterm(1), dictd(8), http://www.dict.org, RFC 2229