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DICT_LOOKUP(1) |
NAME¶
dict_lookup - DICT Protocol Client
SYNOPSIS¶
dict_lookuop [options]
DESCRIPTION¶
dict_lookup reads X selection, then open terminal emulator and run
dict client in it allowing user to view content using pager. It
makes sense to configure launching dict_lookup on a keyboard shortcut in the
window manager.
OPTIONS¶
- -h
- display help message.
- -x x
- X coordinate of terminal emulator.
- -x Y
- Y coordinate of terminal emulator.
- -s WxH
- width and height of terminal emulator separated by 'x'.
- -q query
- query, if it is specified, X selection is not read.
ENVIRONMENT¶
dict_lookup recognizes the following environment variables. The default
value is specified in square brackets.
- D_AWK_PROG
- AWK interpreter to use. [awk]
- D_XCLIP_PROG
- xclip application. [xclip]
- D_XTERM_PROG
- xterm or equivalent terminal emulator. [xterm]
- D_UTF8_LOCALE
- UTF-8 locale. [first available UTF-8 locale on system]
- D_DICT_PROG
- Dictionary client program. [dict]
- D_DICT_SERVER
- Option for dictionary client specifying the server. [-h
dict.org]
- D_DICT_PORT
- Option for dictionary client specifying the port. [-p 2628]
- D_DICT_DB_OPT
- Option for dictionary client specifying the database. [-d
foldoc]
- D_XTERM_CLASS
- Option for terminal emulator specifying the class. [-class
XTerm]
- D_XTERM_NAME
- Option for terminal emulator specifying the name. [-name
xterm_dict]
- D_XTERM_TITLE
- Option for terminal emulator specifying the title. [-title
dict_lookup]
- D_TEXT_WIDTH
- Program calculating text width for given text.
[cyrillic_text_width]
cyrillic_text_width doesn't work correctly for Japanese, Korean, Chinese and
some other languages.
- D_TERM_X
- Terminal emulator X coordinate. [+200]
- D_TERM_Y
- Terminal emulator Y coordinate. [+200]
- D_TERM_H
- Terminal emulator height. [+40]
- D_PAGER
- Pager. [less -R]
