Re: [ubuntu-in] TIp : Using a Dictionary Off line in Ubuntu
dear sir, i was able to install it today (Ist attempt) and it worked like a charm. thanks sir, sivakumar -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] TIp : Using a Dictionary Off line in Ubuntu
Sivakumar, great it worked. But I don't think there's any 'sir' among us. We prefer being calling by our first names. You can think it as a FOSS standard :) Hell, you can even use last or middle names. Cheers!! On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 5:58 PM, sivakumar bharadhwaj jeyendras...@gmail.com wrote: dear sir, i was able to install it today (Ist attempt) and it worked like a charm. thanks sir, sivakumar -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in -- Amarendra Kumar Final Year Undergraduate Dept. of IT, NIT Patna http://amarendra.web.officelive.com Stay hungry, stay foolish -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] TIp : Using a Dictionary Off line in Ubuntu
On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 5:31 PM, Amarendra Kumar er.a...@gmail.com wrote: Sivakumar, great it worked. But I don't think there's any 'sir' among us. We prefer being calling by our first names. You can think it as a FOSS standard :) Hell, you can even use last or middle names. + 1 ram -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] TIp : Using a Dictionary Off line in Ubuntu
Hi, Thank you for writing such a useful how-to. I have been following your series on this mailing list and its pretty awesome! One suggestion though: I would also like to see these tips on either our loco team wiki or the ubuntu wiki. This way, others can easily contribute to your work/make suitable alterations (mostly typos). It would also serve better bookmarking. If you feel time/energy is a constraint, I would be more than happy to post them there. Once again thank you and keep up the good work! On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 3:03 PM, Ramnarayan.K ramnaraya...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Having a good dictionary handy iis quite essential , having a multi lingual dictionary and Thesaurus is even better. Ubuntu provides one with the the facility to install an offline multiple language dictionary. There are a host of online Dictionaries but having one always and off line is a different asset all together. Following is a simple how to install and tweak dictionary to run offline. The Language choices are upto you Part 1 Installing the Packages required Am assuming you are familiar with synaptic (System -- Administration -- Synaptic Package Manager) an have a working internet connection. Start Up synaptic and find the following packages and mark for installation dict dictd these are the server and client for a dictionary services the front end is Dictionary 2.28.xx which gets installed by default. (not in any order of preference) apart from the above if you continue searching in sequence (to the above mentioned packages) you will find a whole lot of dictionaries - the ones i have installed are dict-bouvier dict-devil dict-elements dict-foldoc dict-freedict-eng-deu (english to german) dict-freedict-eng-hin (english to hindi) dict-freedict-hin-eng (hindi to english) dict-gcide dictionaries-common dict-jargon dict-moby-thesaurus dict-vera Part 2 - Configuring the Dictionary to work offline After installing this (and other dictionaries of your choice) there is a small tweak we need to do to make the dictionary work offline Go to Applications -- Office-- Dictionary and run the programme Dictionary In the Open Application go to Edit -- preferences In Source select ADD and in description add any name you want to use for your customized dictionary services (replace source with a identifiable name) Let transport be as it is (Dictionary Server) *change* Hostname to 127.0.01 (replace dict.org) Port - Leave as it is. enter add then in the Select a Dictionary Source for looking up words Select the Dictionary source your just added Enter Close Type any word to test if the dictonary works (you can / should test with your internet off) If you get a meaning or any output means its working. Congratulations. 3. Accessing words / meanings from non default sources You may have added many other language dictionarys, and they may not be the default So to access say the english to Hindi dictionary type your word in and enter - on the right side a whole list of words (smilar words) will appear pressing on each will show you the meanings based on each dictionary installed (not a good way to show up meanings but at the moment this is what seems to be available) Again on the right panel there is drop arrow next to that -by default is shows similar words. if you press that you will see a list more options (Similar Words, Available Dictionaries, Strategies, Sources) . pressing on Available dictionaries will show you what dictionaries you have installed, If you select any dictionary the and then enter the word you want then the results you get are only from the selected dictionary. In case you want to use individual dictionaries and not have many replies cluttering up your responses you can open many dictionary windows and for each select a particular dictionary and get the meanings / responses as required. But your selection lasts only as long as that window is open. Hope you can enjoy this services as much (or maybe more) than i do have fun ram Next pressing on any dictonary will enable -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in Regards, -- Nitesh http://techformyself.blogspot.com -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.12 GB/J/IT/OTW d+(-) s+:+: a- C+ UL+++ P? L+ E? W++ N? o? K? w--- O? M-- V? PS+() PE(++)(-) Y+ PGP+ t 5? X- R tv+ b+ DI D G e+++ h-- !r y? --END GEEK CODE BLOCK-- -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] TIp : Using a Dictionary Off line in Ubuntu
Thanks Ram, I find this post extremely useful but unfortunately I am not able to make the offline dictionary work on my machine. I installed the packages and dictd is running still when I select my local dictionary from preferences, it gives error Unable to find dictionary source. I have installed the eng-hindi hin-english and some other dictionaries are already installed. Any ideas? -- Best Regards, Dipu -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] TIp : Using a Dictionary Off line in Ubuntu
On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 4:26 PM, Dibyajyoti Mohapatra dib...@vubites.comwrote: Thanks Ram, I find this post extremely useful but unfortunately I am not able to make the offline dictionary work on my machine. I installed the packages and dictd is running still when I select my local dictionary from preferences, it gives error Unable to find dictionary source. I have installed the eng-hindi hin-english and some other dictionaries are already installed. In source did you change Hostname from dict.org to 127.0.0.1 ram Any ideas? -- Best Regards, Dipu -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] TIp : Using a Dictionary Off line in Ubuntu
In source did you change Hostname from dict.org to 127.0.0.1 ram Yeah, and I get echo replies from 127.0.0.1 as well. -- Best Regards, Dipu -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] TIp : Using a Dictionary Off line in Ubuntu
On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 4:12 PM, Nitesh Mistry mistrynit...@gmail.comwrote: Hi, Thank you for writing such a useful how-to. Once again thank you and keep up the good work! am very thrilled and humbled at the appreciation. Humbled because i have been using this trick since 2005 and could have shared it earlier and also that i in tunr learnt it from Raj mathur a senior linux person. thanks and also i hope more people share their making computing efficient tips it will be useful all around. ram -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
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On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 4:39 PM, Dibyajyoti Mohapatra dib...@vubites.comwrote: In source did you change Hostname from dict.org to 127.0.0.1 ram Yeah, and I get echo replies from 127.0.0.1 as well. make sure the source name is checked, sometimes you may have added it but the source name specified by you may not be selected. ram -- Best Regards, Dipu -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] TIp : Using a Dictionary Off line in Ubuntu
On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 4:42 PM, Ramnarayan.K ramnaraya...@gmail.com wrote: Yeah, and I get echo replies from 127.0.0.1 as well. make sure the source name is checked, sometimes you may have added it but the source name specified by you may not be selected. am posting below the details of /home/ram/.gnome2/gnome-dictionary/source-1260764916-30506.desktop this is my customized setup [Dictionary Source] Name=source-1260764916-30506 Description=localmocal Transport=dictd Hostname=127.0.0.1 Port=2628 ** at this stage it gets a bit beyond my skil level but the files are supposedly not normally editable How ever as you can see my dictionary description is localmocal what does yours look like ram -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] TIp : Using a Dictionary Off line in Ubuntu
make sure the source name is checked, sometimes you may have added it but the source name specified by you may not be selected. Of course I did that, but still it didn't work. Also inside the Add dictionary source dialog box, I could not find any dictionaries listed however the list was available on the main window's Available dictionaries. am posting below the details of /home/ram/.gnome2/gnome-dictionary/source-1260764916-30506.desktop this is my customized setup [Dictionary Source] Name=source-1260764916-30506 Description=localmocal Transport=dictd Hostname=127.0.0.1 Port=2628 ** This worked like charm!! There was no such file and I created it ;) Now I can see the dictionaries in the list too!! at this stage it gets a bit beyond my skil level but the files are supposedly not normally editable You are amazing!! Thank you :) How ever as you can see my dictionary description is localmocal what does yours look like I liked the name localmocal and adapted the same for mine too :) -- Best Regards, Dipu -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
