07-22-2009
Terminal is any dumb terminal, terminal emulator, or any other hardware/software that provides an Xwindows or command line login session. In the context you are asking a terminal emulator is any program that provides a command line/text based operating environment. A console means that the program is attached to the device /dev/console and you will receive any message sent to that device. If you want an example do the following:
Open a terminal window
Open a console window
In the terminal window type # echo "Hello there" > /dev/console
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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)