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| YDPDICT(1) | General Commands Manual | YDPDICT(1) |
NAME¶
ydpdict - an interface for Collins and Langenscheidt dictionaries
SYNOPSIS¶
ydpdict [ options ]
DESCRIPTION¶
ydpdict is an ncurses interface for English-Polish and Polish-English Collins dictionaries, as well as German-Polish and Polish-German Langenscheidt dictionaries, which are distributed by Young Digital Planet.
ydpdict tries to load the configuration file from the following locations (reads only the first one found):
- 1)
- ~/ydpdict.conf
- 2)
- ~/.ydpdictrc
- 3)
- /etc/ydpdict.conf
ydpdict searches for dictionary files in current directory and /usr/local/share/ydpdict.
Pronunciation samples are read from /media/cdrom by default. To play samples of both english and german words, one shall create en and de subdirectiories with respective content.
OPTIONS¶
- -e [--eng]
- Starts the English-Polish dictionary (default).
- -p [--pol]
- Starts the Polish-English dictionary.
- -g [--ger-pol]
- Starts the German-Polish dictionary.
- -o [--pol-ger]
- Starts the Polish-German dictionary.
- -f [--path=PATH]
- Sets the path to data files.
- -c [--cdpath=PATH]
- Sets the path to the CD with pronunciation samples.
- -P [--player=PATH]
- Sets the path to the sound player.
- -w [--word=WORD]
- Starts the dictionary and translates the specified word.
- -A [--audio=DEVICE]
- Sets the default audio device.
- --version
- Displays the version of the program.
- -h [--help]
- Shows command line options.
CONFIGURATION OPTIONS¶
- Path PATH
- Sets the path to data files.
- CDPath PATH
- Sets the path to the CD with pronunciation samples.
- Player COMMAND
- Sets the path to the sound player.
- DefaultDictionary TYPE
- Default dictionary (0 - English-Polish, 1 - Polish-English, 2 - German-Polish, 3 - Polish-German).
- UseColor BOOLEAN
- Color support is autodetected, but color display can be forced with this option (On, Off).
- UseTransparent BOOLEAN
- Terminal transparency (On, Off).
- Color COLOR
- DefinitionColor COLOR
- InformationColor COLOR
- Colors used to display definitions can be set to one of the following: Black, Red, Green, Brown, Blue, Magenta, Cyan, White, Gray, Yellow, LightRed, LightGreen, LightBlue, LightMagenta, LightCyan, LightWhite. Note: for colors with "Light" prefix, emphasis will be invisible.
AUTHOR¶
ydpdict was written by Wojtek Kaniewski <wojtekka@toxygen.net>. Latest version can be found at http://toxygen.net/ydpdict/
| December 13, 2013 |