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Idea #12828: Smart, local dictionary server

bug This idea is a duplicate of Idea #364: More comprehensive dictionary program.
Written by matt the 5 Sep 08 at 14:48. Category: Office. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: New
Rationale
This idea differs from other dictionary related suggestions that I've seen but equally can incorporate those ideas.

It's more about creating a clean protocol that other programs can utilise with the aid of a plugin.

The dictionary server accesses the various dictionaries on the system, including user level dictionaries. It may also be allowed to access chosen sites such as Wiktionary (amongst others). If the word cannot be found locally, it may search for it on the Internet. Furthermore, if asked, the server can behave as a thesaurus and an encyclopaedia, again utilising free online sites.

Words can be added to local dictionaries via the server (including those retrieved). Perhaps an extended version with a suitable GUI tool could allow for online content creation with sites such as Wiktionary et al.

Local dictionaries should be exportable and importable and may even be shared between peers online, with some form of a validation or peer rating system.

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Written by matt the 5 Sep 08 at 14:48.
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cheesehead (Brainstorm admin) wrote on the 5 Sep 08 at 14:54
Have you seen http://www.dict.org/links.html ?

matt wrote on the 5 Sep 08 at 15:04
aha, thank you for that, I'll have a good rummage around.

I no longer use the dict applet with GNOME because it hangs very frequently.

Perhaps then the issue is about closer integration?

Endolith wrote on the 29 Sep 08 at 17:54
This is completely unrelated to Idea #13699. Who marked them as duplicates??

Endolith wrote on the 29 Sep 08 at 23:08
In addition to Wiktionary, you'd be interested in http://www.omegawiki.org/

jon.reeve wrote on the 24 Nov 08 at 23:16
You can already do this, just install a DICT server (sudo apt-get install dictd) and some dictionaries, and there you go. Here's a howto I wrote: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=982326

But I admit, it's not as easy as it should be. We *should* be able to set this up through the GUI, without having to install each of the packages ourselves and configure everything ourselves.


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