dict_lookup(1)

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. [en_US.UTF-8]

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]