How to search the New DICT Monier-Williams Dictionary from any computer
Last modified:
08/13/2008 06:30 AM
[Ex RISA-L mailing list]
[Apologies for cross posting]
Dear Colleagues,
I have received a number of queries from would-be-users of the new DICT
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Some of you have been
having trouble installing the DICT server, client and Monier-Williams
database on your MS Windows machines.[*]
In this mail I will show how you can get `up and running' in as little
time as possible. Although the instructions below are written with
Windows users in mind, they are equally applicable to anyone, no matter
what computer platform you use -- Solaris, Linux, FreeBSD, Mac ... All
that matters is that your computer should support Java.
BEGIN INSTRUCTIONS
1.) Download and install the Java application `jDictionary':
http://jdictionary.sourceforge.net/download.html
http://sourceforge.net/projects/jdictionary/
Windows users need: either `jdictionary-1_8-win-jre.exe' (incl. Java \
Runtime Environment v1.4 (JRE))
or `jdictionary-1_8-win.exe' (does _not_ incl. \
JRE 1.4)
UNIX(-like) users need: `jdictionary-1_8.zip'
2.) Start `jDictionary'
3.) From the Top Menu select:
>> Plugins >> Download & Install Plugins
4.) From Right Hand Side Window select:
>> SMART Online English Dictionary & Lexicon
and press:
>> Download & Install (168KB)
5.) From Left Hand Side Window select:
>> SMART Lexicon Online
6.) From Right Hand Side Window select:
>> `Preferences' tab
and alter `Network Settings' to:
>> DICT Server: indica-et-buddhica.org
>> DICT Port: 2629
and press:
>> `Apply Changes' button
You will now be connected to the Indica et Buddhica DICT server, with
all databases available for searching.
7.) From Right Hand Side Window select:
>> `Lexicon' tab
to begin searching the Indica et Buddhica DICT databases. (Initially
one might like to try to search for say `bodhi' using the `Match' and
`Define' buttons at the Top Right Hand Side.)
END INSTRUCTIONS
Kind regards,
Richard MAHONEY
[*] The trouble being experienced by Windows users is not surprising.
While it is _relatively_ simple for users of UNIX or UNIX-like systems
-- e.g. of on Solaris, Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OSX &c. -- to install the
DICT server, client and Monier-Williams database on their personal
machines or servers, MS Windows presents something of a challenge. For
general installation details please see `DICT-README.txt' attached to
the tail end of this page:
New DICT Monier-Williams Dictionary available for download
http://indica-et-buddhica.org/sections/news/...
--
Richard MAHONEY | internet: http://indica-et-buddhica.org/
Littledene | telephone/telefax (man.): +64 3 312 1699
Bay Road | cellular: +64 275 829 986
OXFORD, NZ | email: r.mahoney@indica-et-buddhica.org
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N.B. Any DICT client can be used to retrieve definitions from the Indica et Buddhica DICT server so long as the Client is configured to connect to: indica-et-buddhica.org:2629. Users of the Emacs DICT Client may like to use code such as the following in their init file.
(setq load-path (cons "/path/to/emacs/site-lisp/dictionary/" load-path))
;;==============================
;; DICT interface
(autoload 'dictionary-search "dictionary"
"Ask for a word and search it in all dictionaries" t)
(autoload 'dictionary-match-words "dictionary"
"Ask for a word and search all matching words in the dictionaries" t)
(autoload 'dictionary-lookup-definition "dictionary"
"Unconditionally lookup the word at point." t)
(autoload 'dictionary "dictionary"
"Create a new dictionary buffer" t)
(autoload 'dictionary-mouse-popup-matching-words "dictionary"
"Display entries matching the word at the cursor" t)
(autoload 'dictionary-popup-matching-words "dictionary"
"Display entries matching the word at the point" t)
(load "dictionary-init")
(setq dictionary-server "indica-et-buddhica.org")
(setq dictionary-port "2629")
(setq dictionary-default-strategy "re")
(setq dictionary-default-popup-strategy "lev")
(global-set-key "\C-cs" 'dictionary-search)
(global-set-key "\C-cm" 'dictionary-match-words)
(global-set-key [(shift mouse-3)] 'dictionary-mouse-popup-matching-words)
;;==============================
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