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DICT_LOOKUP

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
ENVIRONMENT
SEE ALSO

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 ]