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NAME

xdict - English/German translator for UNIX (X11)

SYNOPSIS

xdict [--h help] [--v version] [--d database]

OPTIONS

       Xdict  is an X11 application, even so there are 3 command-
       line arguments available.

       --h help
              show help

       --v show version
              show version (release and build)

       --d database
              location of xdict database (xdict.dat)

DESCRIPTION

       xdict is a graphical dictionary for Linux, written by Marc
       O.  Gloor <mgloor@fhzh.ch> and distributed under the terms
       of the GNU General Public License, Version 2.  This  soft-
       ware  is  distributed 'as is', free of charge, no warranty
       of suitability or reliability is offered; use this at your
       own  risk.  The  author  assumes no responsibility for any
       damages, direct or incidental, resulting from the  use  of
       this  software.  See  file  'COPYING'.  Other distribution
       terms may be available by explicit request.

       The current release is 1.0.6. This is intended as a stable
       release.

       The latest version of xdict is available from the official
       xdict website: http://pubwww.fhzh.ch/~mgloor/xdict.html

       If you have any questions or comments, or if  you  find  a
       bug, mail me to <mgloor@fhzh.ch>. Thanks to all the people
       who wrote with  bug  reports,  suggestions,  comments  and
       criticism.

NOTES

       Currently,  xdict  has  only a plaintext fuzzylogic search
       engine,  a  faster  hash  table  based  builtin   berkeley
       database engine is planned.

       Xdict fuzzy logic engine:
       Scientific  fuzzylogic  algorithms uses NGramms to compare
       common letters in dependence among themselves.

       Using fuzzylogic algorithms the requested  translation  of
       the  misstyped  german  word "Dampfscif" will nevertheless
       find the correct word "steamboat" from the database.   The
       database  contains more than 130'000 conversions, they are
       inside the plaintext database 'xdict.dat'.

REQUIREMENTS

       If you intend to run a stacically linked binary, you don't
       need  to  install the Gtk+ libaries before, if you plan to
       compile xdict from scratch, see below.

MANUALLY INSTALLATION

1. Login as root
2. Create a new folder /usr/local/xdict
3. Move the xdict binary to /usr/local/bin
4. Move xdict.dat to /usr/local/xdict
5. Move all other files to /usr/local/xdict
6. Move xdict.1 to /usr/man/man1 (or read with man -l)
7. Logout (exit) from root, login as normal user
8. Run xdict: 'xdict -d /usr/local/xdict/xdict.dat'

BUILDING XDICT

       Compile source against the newest Gtk+ libraries available
       from  http://www.gtk.org.  Type:  ./configure  followed by
       make ; then su - root and a make install, please note that
       xdict.dat  will  not  be  installed automatically.  If you
       need a  statically  linked  binary,  make  sure  you  link
       against  existing  object  files in your path. Anyway - do
       with the source what you want you want under the terms  of
       the general public license.

ERRORS

       Running  xdict  without  options will use xdict.dat in the
       same directory where the binary  is,  otherwise  an  error
       message occured.

EXAMPLES

xdict --d /home/johnson/xdict.dat

FILES

        xdict        xdict runtime binary
        xdict.dat    ASCII runtime database
        COPYING      General Public License
        README       xdict plaintext manpage
        AUTHORS      authors of xdict
        INSTALL      building instructions
        xdict.c      xdict source (C/Gtk+)
        xdict.h      xdict headerfile
        xdict.gld    graphical user interface
        xdict.1      xdict manpage

HISTORY

       Rel. 1.0.0, July 1999
              Initial Release

       Rel. 1.0.2, August 1999
              GUI bugfixes, manpage added

       Rel. 1.0.4, April 2001
              lots of bugs fixed, automake features added

       Rel. 1.0.6, Mai 2003
              New  authors  addresses  added,  ok  button feature
              added

PACKAGE DISTRIBUTIONS

       There are currently 4 packages available:
       xdict-1.0.6_i386_elf_bin.tar.gz
       xdict-1.0.4_sparc_elf_bin.tar.gz
       xdict-1.0.2_ppc_elf_bin.tar.gz
       xdict-1.0.6_src.tar.gz

KNOWN BUGS

       On some debian systems, X locale modifiers  are  not  sup-
       ported.  This  is a problem with a missing local directory
       from the current setup e.g.  debian  slink  aka  GNU/Linux
       2.1.  The latest version of the xlib6g package solve this.

TODO

       -Contributions and cooperations are welcome
       -build several statically linked binary distributions.
       -create rpm and deb packages.
       -and all what you suggest...

AUTHOR

       xdict  was  written  by  Marc  O.  Gloor  <mgloor@fhzh.ch>
       (c)1999-2003.

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