Re: Is there a dictionary for abbreviations like WTF?
On Feb 18, Dr. Andreas Wehler wrote I would like to resolve these many abbreviations today, as So, is there any appropriate dictionary? Thanks. J. H. M. Dassen gave several URL's which should answer your questions, but the start of your subject line reminded me of something else that I am interested in -- a ``webster'' like dictionary that I could install on my linux box. I think that ``webster'' might come with NeXT machines, but it has been available at every university at which I have had a UNIX account, and I find myself telnetting into my university account several times per day, specifically to make use of it. (Yes, I have a real paper and ink dictionary, and I usually choose to use it when I am reading a book, but I want an online dictionary when I am typing or reading mail.) Several linux dictionary options come to mind. WWW -- I believe that there are www dictionary sites available, but I want a dictionary installed on my machine that I can use whether or not I am connected to the net. Commercial UNIX dictionaries -- I recently saw a c.o.l.a article announcing the availability of a ``webster''-like American Heritage dictionary for linux, but the price was a bit steep. (I think it was $89 US for a single user license.) DOS or Windows dictionary, converted for linux -- I would spend $20 - $30 US for such a dictionary on CDROM if I could break the format of the data file and write my own linux viewer for it. (This would probably be a violation of the letter of the license, but not the spirit, as I would only use the linux version installed one single user machine.) GNU Free Dictionary project -- What ever happened to this? Gutenberg Project dictionary -- I just noticed that the Gutenberg Project released a 1919 Webster dictionary last year, both as an ASCII flat file, and in html format. That is a little old (necessitated by copyright concerns) but it would serve nearly all my purposes (and add some historical flavor to boot). I believe that it is 40 MB uncompressed, and I plan on downloading it shortly. Has anyone else had a look at it? While an html version would be usable, I would like to see a dictionary specific browser/viewer built for it. It is not appropriate to wrap up all the works of the Gutenberg Project as debian packages, but it might be appropriate to do so with a dictionary and thesaurus. (They have also released a version of Roget's Thesaurus.) At the very least, a contrib package could be built containing viewers (and possible even ``webster''-like client and server) and including instructions for downloading the data files. Is any one else interested in this? Kirk Hilliard -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Is there a dictionary for abbreviations like WTF?
Hi, I would like to resolve these many abbreviations today, as AKA (also known as) WTF (???) ... So, is there any appropriate dictionary? Thanks. Andreas. Missed the beginning of this conversation. Hope I'm not repeating anything. Online web computer dictionary: http://wfn-shop.Princeton.EDU/foldoc/ Word list and other site: ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/misc/dictionaries/unix-format Webster site: I've attached an emacs interface to a webster dictionary below. There was a post in comp.os.linux.announce today concerning a commercial dictionary that can now be obtained. I find myself using the online computer dictionary quite often. The word list site is great for creating really huge ispell lists. I also use the webster emacs interface frequently when I'm in emacs. The last I don't know much about other than it was posted just recently. Jim -- @James LewisMoss | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Blessed Be! @http://www.cs.sc.edu/~moss | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Linux is cool! @Argue for your limitations and sure enough, they're yours. Bach webster.el Description: Binary data
Is there a dictionary for abbreviations like WTF?
Hi, I would like to resolve these many abbreviations today, as AKA (also known as) WTF (???) ... So, is there any appropriate dictionary? Thanks. Andreas. -- Uni Wuppertal, FB Elektrotechnik, Tel/Fax: (0202) 439 - 3009 Dr. Andreas Wehler; [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Is there a dictionary for abbreviations like WTF?
On Feb 18, Dr. Andreas Wehler wrote I would like to resolve these many abbreviations today, as So, is there any appropriate dictionary? Thanks. http://www.ucc.ie/cgi-bin/acronym http://www.chemie.fu-berlin.de/cgi-bin/acronym http://thorplus.lib.purdue.edu/reference/index.html Of course, YMMV WRT completeness and accuracy. HTH, Ray - who loves YKYHBHTLW posts -- POPULATION EXPLOSION Unique in human experience, an event which happened yesterday but which everyone swears won't happen until tomorrow. - The Hipcrime Vocab by Chad C. Mulligan -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Is there a dictionary for abbreviations like WTF?
Hi, I would like to resolve these many abbreviations today, as AKA (also known as) WTF (???) ... So, is there any appropriate dictionary? Thanks. Andreas. Install the jargon package. Then go to an info reader (for example, start up emacs and type C-h i), and go to the jargon menu (type m jargon ENTER). Somewhere you'll find: WTF the universal interrogative particle; WTF knows what it means? -- joost witteveen [EMAIL PROTECTED] I came, I saw, ..., well, it wasn't free so I left again. (LUA, 1988) -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
