On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 12:16:36AM +0530, Tathagata Banerjee wrote: > i recently found out that dictd can be used locally. i downloaded a > couple of databases from ftp://ftp.dict.org/pub/dict/pre (took me a > week), and the thing is running! i can now use kdict/ gdict without > having to connect to the net. this is a big thing when you're on > dialup. the webster database is old- it's the 1913 version (doesn't > have the four-lettered word :-). the wordnet database is newer, but > not as comprehensive - doesn't have etymology etc. using both toge- > ther, it's at least a poor man's alternative to my OED (cdrom ver- > sion), which will run only on windows :-( there is a sample init- > script with the dictd tarball. after editing it by hand and adding > proper pathnames and chkconfig lines, it can be used for bringing > dictd up at boottime. this kind of thing is perhaps trivial for > experts on the list,but it sure gave me a kick to be able to do all > this successfully myself, being only a semi-newbie :-) > ---end quoted text---
dictd is perhaps the best dictionary available on Linux ... The only problem is the size of the daemon. On a server setup, or a machine with 256 mb memory, one can afford the amount it takes up (talk in terms of mbs not kbs), but otherwise on a standalone box, a bit too resource hungry! Otherwise brilliant ... setting up is a bit of a pain (unless you apt-get from debian). Congrats that you got it to work ... Could you confirm the amount of memory swallowed by the daemon ? Just my 2p Bish _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
