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You can +found the latest version at +<a href="http://www.myrkr.in-berlin.de/dictionary/dictionary-1.7.2.tar.gz">http://www.myrkr.in-berlin.de/dictionary/dictionary-1.7.2.tar.gz</a>. +Please download this file now before continue reading. + +<h2>Unpacking</h2> + +<p>To unpack the archive use the following command: +<pre>gzip -dc dictionary-1.7.2.tar.gz | tar -xf - +</pre> + +<p>If you have a <code>GNU tar</code> installed, you can also the following +command: +<pre>tar -xzf dictionary-1.7.2.tar.gz +</pre> + +<p>A directory named <code>dictionary-1.7.2</code> will have been created by +these commands. + +<h2>Installing the files</h2> + +<p>There are several ways of installing this package. If you are a +Debian user you can create a Debian Package for installation using the +<code>dpkg</code> command. XEmacs users can create a XEmacs package +which can be easily installed too. Other users have to compile the +package using the supplied <code>Makefile</code> and manually install the +files. All these installation methods are described in the following +sections. + +<h3>Debian</h3> + +<p>If you are using a current Debian distribution (one that support the +emacsen package system) and have the <code>dpkg-dev</code> package installed +(for running <code>dpkg-buildpackage</code>) you can use the supplied +debian support: + +<pre>make debian +</pre> + +<p>This will create a package named <code>dictionary-1.7.2-1_all.deb</code> or +similiar in the parent directory of <code>dictionary-1.7.2</code>. You can +now install this package as root, it will automatically byte-compile +itself for all installed emacs versions and provide a startup-file +which autoloads this package. In the configuration example given below +you can omit the autoload lines. + +<p>If you no longer want to use this package, you can remove it using: + +<pre>dpkg -r dictionary +</pre> + +<h3>XEmacs 21</h3> + +<p>XEmacs starting with version 21 has support for so called <em>xemacs +packages</em>. These packages are also supported, you can create them +using: +<pre>make EMACS=xemacs package +</pre> + +<p>The created package will be named <code>dictionary-1.7-pkg.tar.gz</code> and +stored within the current directory. If you don't want to install +this package manually, you can use the following command, provided you +have sufficient privileges (if unsure, login as super user): + +<pre>make EMACS=xemacs package-install +</pre> + +<p>If you have more than one XEmacs versions installed make sure the +<code>EMACS</code> argument to make points to the correct binary. + +<p>Please note, dictionary is now part of the official XEmacs package +distribution. This means you can install this package using the +integrated package management. + +<h3>Manual Installation</h3> + +<p>The first step in the manual installation is the byte compilation of +the lisp file for quicker loading and execution. Using the supplied +<code>Makefile</code> this is quite easy, just invoke: + +<pre>make +</pre> + +<p>in the <code>dictionary-1.7.2</code> sub directory. This will use emacs as +the name of the Emacs executable. If you want to use a different +location or a different program (for example, XEmacs) for byte +compilation, use the <code>EMACS</code> argument to the <code>Makefile</code> like +in the following example for XEmacs: + +<pre>make EMACS=xemacs +</pre> + +<p>If your custom package is not up-to-date expect some warnings about +free variables. + +<p>The next step is the installation of the files. At the moment there +is no support for this step, you have to copy the compiled lisp files +(named <code>*.elc</code>) to a directory within your <var>load-path</var> by +yourself. Usually the directories <code>/usr/lib/emacs/site-lisp</code> or +<code>/usr/local/lib/emacs/site-lisp</code> are suitable locations for this. +XEmacs users please use the according <code>xemacs/site-lisp</code> +directory. + +<p>The final step is to inform your Emacs of the newly installed package. +I added a <code>dictionary-init.el</code> file to the distribution which +contains some <code>autoload</code> instructions to let Emacs know of the +new functions. You can now insert the contents of this file in your +<code>.emacs</code> or <code>.xemacs</code> file or install +<code>dictionary-init.el</code> into the <code>site-lisp</code> directory and load +it using: + +<pre>(load "dictionary-init") +</pre> + +<h2>Key Bindings</h2> + +<p>You probably want to define some key combinations to invoke the +<code>dictionary-search</code> or <code>dictionary-match</code> functions. + +<p>The following example shows the key bindings I'm using myself for this +package. These are not supplied by this package because the +<code>C-c</code> prefix key together with a letter suffix are reserved for +the user itself. To activate these bindings insert them into your +<code>.emacs</code> or <code>.xemacs</code> file: + +<pre>;; key bindings for the dictionary package +(global-set-key "\C-cs" 'dictionary-search) +(global-set-key "\C-cm" 'dictionary-match-words) +</pre> + +</body></html> + |