edictionary
edictionary is a command line interface to online dictionaries.
| Tags | education Other/Nonlisted Topic |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL |
| Operating Systems | OS Independent |
| Implementation | Perl |
Recent releases
- 28 Dec 2006 05:55
Changes: The program was updated to conform to the new HTML output of MW.
- 03 Nov 2005 23:15
Changes: The most important change is to fix broken support for the M-W dictionary. Other changes include support for the broken httpproxy directive in the configuration file and support for a "no suggestion" command line option.
- 28 Dec 2004 19:47
Changes: This version contains various minor bugfixes especially for the Windows platform. An important bugfix now enables it to show suggestions for invalid/misspelled words on all platforms.
- 03 Dec 2004 15:31
Changes: This release includes a totally revamped engine to fetch word meanings. The Merriam-Webster parsing logic has been rewritten. There's support for configuration files and new switches.
- 09 Feb 2004 17:43
Changes: The M-W Web site layout has changed, and this caused edict to output junk characters. "make install" caused an error if ethes was already installed.
