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GNUVD(8) System Manager's Manual GNUVD(8)

NAME

gnuvdQuery the online Dutch Van Dale dictionary.

SYNOPSIS

gnuvd [-h] word

DESCRIPTION

gnuvd is a commandline frontend for the online Van Dale dictionary. It will search any word in the dictionary and return it's description in Dutch.

OPTIONS

-h will show a brief usage message. -k keep html entities (i.e. è)

NOTES

You need to have an active internet connection in order to use this program. Also, if you're behind a proxy-server, you have to set the http_proxy environment variable as in Lynx.

SEE ALSO

gnovd(1), http://www.vandale.nl/

AUTHOR

gnuvd has been written by
Dirk-Jan C. Binnema ⟨dirk-jan@djcbsoftware.nl⟩.

This manual page was written by
Guus Sliepen ⟨guus@sliepen.warande.net⟩ for the Debian GNU/Linux system.

2001-04-03 Debian GNU/Linux