On Wed, 10 Apr 2002 12:47:16 +0100 (IST) Alan Horkan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > I did not know what a LART was so i STFW (searched the web) > > > http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/html/entry/LART.html > > > The Jargon File comes in handy agian > > > > > > LART // > > > > > > Luser Attitude Readjustment Tool. [...] > > > > All I did was type dict LART at the console. Wouldn't it be nice if > > abiword has a dict client plugin? > > what you mean like this > http://www.abisource.com/download/plugins.phtml > > URLDict Plugin > This plugin will give you access to an online dictionary directly from > within AbiWord. Correct me if I'm wrong. But this implementation chains you to the web. So I have to be on-line just to know the meaning of STFW. If the plugin uses instead the dict protocol, I could use my local dict server from within AbiWord. $ dict STFW 1 definition found >From Jargon File (4.3.0, 30 APR 2001) [jargon]: STFW imp. /S-T-F-W/ [Usenet] Commmon abbreviation for "Search The Fucking Web", a suggestion that what you're asking for is a query better handled by a search engine than a human being. Usage is common and exactly parallel to both senses of {RTFM}. ----------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
