9/29 The other day when I was using "dict" it somehow searched a lot of
different online dictionaries rather than just Webster, but I could
not reproduce it. What is the right command?
\_ dict/webster queries a secondary source when EB Webster fails
to return a definition. there isn't a way for end-users to
specify which source to use at run time right now. but you
can go to <DEAD>work.ucsd.edu:5141/cgi-bin/http_webster<DEAD>
with any browser in the mean time. -jwang
\_ of course, since dict is a simple perl script, if you were
an elite perl hacker, you could hack it to do that yourself.
\_ Then someone must be changing the script when I ran
dict the other day, because it queried about 4 or 5 different
sources, with very nice quotations of actual usage and
detailed notes on similar words. Hope it can remain that way.
\_ the second source (in the URL) is in fact a gateway to
about 4 or 5 other databases. again, it's only used
when the primary Encylopedia Britannica Webster database
fails. -jwang |