[Goodies-commits] r6703 - xfce4-dict/trunk

[Enrico Troeger]

Author: enrico
Date: 2009-02-16 15:44:40 +0000 (Mon, 16 Feb 2009)
New Revision: 6703

Modified:
   xfce4-dict/trunk/README
Log:
Add some notes about using a local dictd server.

Modified: xfce4-dict/trunk/README
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--- xfce4-dict/trunk/README	2009-02-16 14:48:45 UTC (rev 6702)
+++ xfce4-dict/trunk/README	2009-02-16 15:44:40 UTC (rev 6703)
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
  * Cross-references
      These are some kind of links in definitions to link to other
      definitions.
-     Xfce4-dict will highlight these definitions and make them clickable
+     Xfce4-dict will highlight these definitions and make them click-able
      to easily jump (by searching) to this highlighted definition.
  * Phonetic hints
     These are mostly phonetic spellings found in translation
@@ -85,6 +85,28 @@
     Xfce4-dict will highlight these with a green colour.
 
 
+Local dictionary server
+```````````````````````
+
+Instead of using remote dictionary servers like dict.org which
+always need a network connection and then still might be slow,
+you can also run your own dictionary server on your machine. This
+way you always have fast access and you can install all the
+dictionaries you need.
+
+Most distributions provide a package called "dictd" which contains
+the server. Additionally you should install some dictionaries you
+need like WordNet, Jargon or some translation dictionaries. On
+Debian and Ubuntu-like systems these packages are called "dict-wn"
+(WordNet), dict-jargon, dict-de-en or similar. Basically it is enough
+to install the "dictd" packages along with some dictionaries to get
+a running local server. In the Xfce4-dict preferences dialog,
+simply use "localhost" as the server name.
+
+If you need more information about setting up a local dictionary server,
+please see http://docs.kde.org/kde3/en/kdenetwork/kdict/dictd-mini-howto.html.
+
+
 Web-based dictionaries
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