Re: [ilugd] Gnome-Dictionary does not not work offline
in infinite wisdom [EMAIL PROTECTED] spoke thus on 01/25/06 20:00: I checked the settings and the following are the two options that are shown Default Server: dict.org Port 2628 I have unchecked all the websites options so that it works always offline. So whats wrong and what should i do to make sure that the dictionary works offline. Nothing wrong - it works as designed :-) . I am not sure if there are any offline dictionaries available. If you want spell checking, aspell can do that. (do info aspell for the fine manual) -- _.-, raj shekhar .--' '-._ http://rajshekhar.net _/`- _ '. http://rajshekhar.net/blog ''._`.. \ ` \; WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE ;_\-- God's Last Message to his Creation ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] Gnome-Dictionary does not not work offline
Raj shekhar wrote: in infinite wisdom [EMAIL PROTECTED] spoke thus on 01/25/06 20:00: I checked the settings and the following are the two options that are shown Default Server: dict.org Port 2628 I have unchecked all the websites options so that it works always offline. So whats wrong and what should i do to make sure that the dictionary works offline. Nothing wrong - it works as designed :-) . I am not sure if there are any offline dictionaries available. If you want spell checking, aspell can do that. (do info aspell for the fine manual) Thats a bit of a sad blow for folks like me who don't have decent internet connections. Its there someother option of locally getting the databases making it pretend that its working online ??? thanks ram ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] Gnome-Dictionary does not not work offline
At 2006-01-27 15:19:12 +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Its there someother option of locally getting the databases making it pretend that its working online ??? Certainly. Go to http://www.dict.org and download one of the free dictionaries there, and run the dict server on your local computer (Debian should have a dictd package). -- ams ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] Gnome-Dictionary does not not work offline
in infinite wisdom Abhijit Menon-Sen spoke thus on 01/27/06 18:10: Go to http://www.dict.org and download one of the free dictionaries there, and run the dict server on your local computer (Debian should have a dictd package). Nice! I completely about this option. Thanks. -- _.-, raj shekhar .--' '-._ http://rajshekhar.net _/`- _ '. http://rajshekhar.net/blog ''._`.. \ ` \; WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE ;_\-- God's Last Message to his Creation ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] Gnome-Dictionary does not not work offline
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I recentnly installed some data bases dict-moby-thesaurus dictd - the dictionary server dict-dcide an English dictionary and a few others I thought that these would work offline. In fact if not for the error message today, I am sure I even used it offline. Dear Ramnarayan, I haven't used dict.org dictionary but I am using stardict offline which is an excellent dictionary to use. You can find more about this here.. http://stardict.sourceforge.net/ stardict requires glib 2.6 or above. it works wonderfully. Regards, -- Sameer N. Ingole Blog: http://weblogic.noroot.org/ --- Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness. ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] Gnome-Dictionary does not not work offline
On Friday 27 January 2006 18:45, Sameer N Ingole wrote: is an excellent dictionary to use. You can find more about this here.. http://stardict.sourceforge.net/ You can also use WiseDict http://wise.sourceforge.net/ -- Regards, Abhay ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] Gnome-Dictionary does not not work offline
Raj == Raj shekhar [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Raj in infinite wisdom [EMAIL PROTECTED] spoke thus on Raj 01/25/06 20:00: I checked the settings and the following are the two options that are shown Default Server: dict.org Port 2628 I have unchecked all the websites options so that it works always offline. So whats wrong and what should i do to make sure that the dictionary works offline. Raj Nothing wrong - it works as designed :-) . I am not sure if Raj there are any offline dictionaries available. If you want Raj spell checking, aspell can do that. (do info aspell for the Raj fine manual) Uh, just run dictd locally and set your preferred server to 127.0.0.1, then you'll be able to use the local dictionaries. You might need to configure dictd a bit (tell it what dictionaries are available, etc) -- it's been a long time since I ran it locally. Regards, -- Raju -- Raj Mathur[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kandalaya.org/ GPG: 78D4 FC67 367F 40E2 0DD5 0FEF C968 D0EF CC68 D17F It is the mind that moves ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
[ilugd] Gnome-Dictionary does not not work offline
Hi I recentnly installed some data bases dict-moby-thesaurus dictd - the dictionary server dict-dcide an English dictionary and a few others I thought that these would work offline. In fact if not for the error message today, I am sure I even used it offline. However today, while working offline I got the following error message Unable to perform requested operation. Either the server you are using is not available or you are not connected to the Internet. * I checked the settings and the following are the two options that are shown Default Server: dict.org Port 2628 I have unchecked all the websites options so that it works always offline. So whats wrong and what should i do to make sure that the dictionary works offline. regards ram ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
