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diff --git a/doc/dictionary/index.html b/doc/dictionary/index.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..72e7574 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/dictionary/index.html @@ -0,0 +1,81 @@ +<html lang="en"> +<head> +<title>Dictionary Client Manual</title> +<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html"> +<meta name=description content="Dictionary Client Manual"> +<meta name=generator content="makeinfo 4.0b"> +<link href="http://texinfo.org/" rel=generator-home> +</head> + +<body> +This file documents Dictionary, a client software for a RFC 2229 dict server. + +<p>Copyright (C) 1998, 2002 Torsten Hilbrich + +<p>Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document +under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or +any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no +Invariant Sections, with the Front-Cover texts being "A GNU Manual", +and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below. A copy of the license +is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License" +in the Emacs manual. + +<p>(a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: "You have freedom to copy and +modify this GNU Manual, like GNU software. Copies published by the +Free Software Foundation raise funds for GNU development." + +<p>This document is part of a collection distributed under the GNU Free +Documentation License. If you want to distribute this document +separately from the collection, you can do so by adding a copy of the +license to the document, as described in section 6 of the license. + +<html><head><title>Top</title><link rel=next href="Installation.html"> +</head> +<body> +<p> +Node:<a name="index.html">Top</a>, +Next:<a rel=next href="Installation.html">Installation</a> +<hr><br> + +<p>Next:<a rel=next href="Installation.html">Installation</a> + +<h1>Dictionary</h1> + +<p>Dictionary is a Emacs<a rel=footnote href="#fn-1"><sup>1</sup></a> package for accessing a +dictionary server providing word definitions. + +<p>The Request for Comments 2229 <a href="http://www.dict.org/rfc2229.txt">http://www.dict.org/rfc2229.txt</a> +defines a protocol for communication between a dictionary client and a +dictionary server. The dictionary server keeps several databases +(containing dictionary definitions) and provides an interface for the +client to list the definition for a word and to search for words +matching to pattern. + +<p>This software implements the client side of that protocol. It allows +you to use a dictionary server (for example provided by the site +<a href="www.dict.org">www.dict.org</a>) from within Emacs. + +<p>Please note that the dictionary protocol uses the port 2628 which is +likely to be blocked by firewalls. It is possible to connect to the +dictionary server through a HTTP proxy similiar to the way HTTPS +connections on port 443 are relayed, See <a href="HTTP-Proxy.html">HTTP Proxy</a>. + +<ul> +<li><a href="Installation.html">Installation</a>: Installation of the package +<li><a href="Usage.html">Usage</a>: User manual +<li><a href="Variables.html">Variables</a>: Customizing dictionary's behaviour +<li><a href="User-callable-Functions.html">User callable Functions</a>: +<li><a href="Index.html">Index</a>: Variable, functions, and concept index. +</ul> + +<hr><h4>Footnotes</h4> +<ol type="1"> +<li><a name="fn-1"></a> +<p>In the following manual Emacs is a name +for both GNU Emacs and XEmacs. If I need to differ between both Emacs +variants I will use these names instead</p> + +</ol><hr> + +</body></html> + |