# HG changeset patch # User Oleksandr Gavenko # Date 1314307830 -10800 # Node ID 08756fa9ff4d4856f6f3ae5658a60af22b633c4d # Parent e51f976fd162e0b161ce808c59d506af16f24bfe Free dictionaries. diff -r e51f976fd162 -r 08756fa9ff4d dict.rst --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/dict.rst Fri Aug 26 00:30:30 2011 +0300 @@ -0,0 +1,170 @@ +.. -*- coding: utf-8; -*- + +============= + Dictionary. +============= +.. contents:: + +GoldenDict. +=========== + + http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/GoldenDict + +StarDict. +========= + +stardic - an English-Chinese dictionary software for Unix +stardic-gtk +stardic-gnome + +See + + http://sourceforge.net/projects/sdcv/ + http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stardict + +sdcv. +===== + +sdcv is the command line version of StarDict. + +If set STARDICT_DATA_DIR, sdcv uses dir $STARDICT_DATA_DIR/dic as data directory. + +See + + http://sdcv.sourceforge.net/ + http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sdcv + +dict. +===== + +CLI client to dictd. + +qstardict. +========== + +International dictionary written using Qt4. + +fantasdic - dictionary application +================================== + +kdict. +====== + +Dictionary client for KDE. + +opendict. +========= + +Computer dictionary for several dictionary formats. + +Clear text dict format. +======================= + +dicML. +------ + +dicML is an XML-based markup language currently being developed to describe +the contents of dictionaries. + + http://gml.gidoo.de/eng/index.html + http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DicML + +XDXF. +----- + +XDXF (XML Dictionary eXchange Format) is a project to unite all existing open +dictionaries and provide both users and developers with universal XML-based +format, convertible from and to other popular formats like Mova, PtkDic, +StarDict. + + http://xdxf.revdanica.com/ + http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XDXF + +Binary dict format. +=================== + +DICT. +----- + +DICT is a dictionary network protocol created by the DICT Development Group. +It is described by RFC 2229. Its goal is to surpass the Webster protocol and +to allow clients to access more dictionaries during use. Dict servers and +clients use TCP port 2628. + + http://www.dict.org + http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DICT + +dictd. +====== + +Dict servers and clients use TCP port 2628. + +See + + http://www.dict.org/ + http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2229 + http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DICT + +Free dictionaries. +================== + +The Jargon Lexicon. +------------------- +:: + + $ sudo apt-get install dict-jargon + + +The Devil's Dictionary. +----------------------- + +A satirical, cynical and irreverent dictionary of common words:: + + $ sudo apt-get install dict-devil + + http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil%27s_Dictionary + Wikipedia. + +Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (FOLDOC). +---------------------------------------------- +:: + + $ sudo apt-get install dict-foldoc + + http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FOLDOC + Wikipedia. + + +Comprehensive English Dictionary. +--------------------------------- + +GCIDE contains the full text of the 1913 Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, +supplemented by many definitions from WordNet, the Century Dictionary, 1906, and +many additional definitions contributed by volunteers:: + + $ sudo apt-get install dict-gcide + +Largest and most comprehensive thesaurus. +----------------------------------------- +:: + + $ sudo apt-get install dict-moby-thesaurus + +Dictionary of computer related acronyms. +---------------------------------------- +:: + + $ sudo apt-get install dict-vera + +WordNet. +-------- +:: + + $ sudo apt-get install dict-wn + +Misc. +----- +:: + + $ sudo apt-get install dict-elements +