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.IX Title "TKDICT 1p"
.TH TKDICT 1p "2022-10-15" "perl v5.34.0" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
tkdict \- a perl client for accessing network dictionary servers
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
tkdict [\s-1OPTIONS\s0]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
\&\fBtkdict\fR is a Perl/Tk client for the Dictionary server protocol (\s-1DICT\s0),
which is used to query natural dictionaries hosted on a remote machine.
.PP
At the moment it's not very user oriented, since I've just been
creating an interface to the protocol.
.PP
There is more information available in the \fBHelp\fR menu
when running \fBtkdict\fR.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.IX Header "OPTIONS"
.IP "\fB\-h\fR \fIserver\fR or \fB\-host\fR \fIserver\fR" 4
.IX Item "-h server or -host server"
The hostname for the \s-1DICT\s0 server.
.IP "\fB\-p\fR \fIport\fR or \fB\-port\fR \fIport\fR" 4
.IX Item "-p port or -port port"
Specify the port for connections (default is 2628, from \s-1RFC 2229\s0).
.IP "\fB\-c\fR \fIstring\fR or \fB\-client\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
.IX Item "-c string or -client string"
Specify the \s-1CLIENT\s0 identification string sent to the \s-1DICT\s0 server.
.IP "\fB\-help\fR" 4
.IX Item "-help"
Display a short help message including command-line options.
.IP "\fB\-doc\fR" 4
.IX Item "-doc"
Display the full documentation for \fBtkdict\fR.
.IP "\fB\-version\fR" 4
.IX Item "-version"
Display the version of \fBtkdict\fR
.IP "\fB\-verbose\fR" 4
.IX Item "-verbose"
Display verbose information as \fBtkdict\fR runs.
.IP "\fB\-debug\fR" 4
.IX Item "-debug"
Display debugging information as \fBtkdict\fR runs.
Useful mainly for developers.
.SH "KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS"
.IX Header "KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS"
.IP "\(bu" 4
\&\fBtkdict\fR doesn't know how to handle firewalls.
.IP "\(bu" 4
The authentication aspects of \s-1RFC 2229\s0 aren't currently supported.
.IP "\(bu" 4
See the \fBToDo\fR page under the \fBHelp\fR menu.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
.IP "www.dict.org" 4
.IX Item "www.dict.org"
The \s-1DICT\s0 home page, with all sorts of useful information.
There are a number of other \s-1DICT\s0 clients available.
.IP "dict" 4
.IX Item "dict"
The C dict client written by Rik Faith;
the options are pretty much lifted from Rik's client.
.IP "\s-1RFC 2229\s0" 4
.IX Item "RFC 2229"
The document which defines the \s-1DICT\s0 network protocol.
.Sp
http://www.cis.ohio\-state.edu/htbin/rfc/rfc2229.html
.IP "Net::Dict" 4
.IX Item "Net::Dict"
The perl module which implements the client \s-1API\s0 for \s-1RFC 2229.\s0
It includes a command-line perl client, \fBdict\fR,
as well as \fBtkdict\fR.
.SH "VERSION"
.IX Header "VERSION"
\&\f(CW$Revision:\fR 1.1.1.1 $
.SH "AUTHOR"
.IX Header "AUTHOR"
Neil Bowers <neil@bowers.com>
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
.IX Header "COPYRIGHT"
Copyright (C) 2001\-2002 Neil Bowers. All rights reserved.
.PP
This script is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the same terms as Perl itself.