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dict_lookup

DICT_LOOKUP(1)															    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]

SEE ALSO

       dict(1), less(1), xterm(1), dictd(8), http://www.dict.org, RFC 2229

								  9 January 2011						    DICT_LOOKUP(1)