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/O>TW 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------
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