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 Posted: Mon May 31, 2024 4:15 pm Post subject: Dictionary/thesaurus for Linux |
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Word Web is an excellent Windows app that provides dictionary and thesaurus functions for a large number of text-based programs in Windows. It is also standalone. I have used the free version for more than five years. The thesaurus is of maximum utility, in that I rarely need to know definitions, but often need to substitute different words - small words when I am writing for my grand daugther, larger ones for her mother, and specialised ones for her new stepfather. I have been searching for an equivalent for Linux for close to a year, now, without success. I have found a lot of stuff, but the only ones I can find are spelling dictionaries that do not contain definitions, or are online only. Has anyone here heard of such an app? (It is a part of the barrier to total M$ elimination for me, but not so much to prevent it, if I can find solutions to other problems, like a decent image catalog program that works - like ACDSee.) 
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The link for "pornview" was kind of strange - a sourceforge page like they were saying: 'We have a project" - and nothing else - I'll have to check back on that one! Thanks for the ACDsee link! I like ACDSee, I've used it on Winders once or twice. I did try Compupic, but for some reason I can't get it to install since I last reinstalled Knoppix/Debian. I will check out imagseek, though! I did try Wordnet, and it works OK on Windows, but gives it's info in the ways that linguistic researchers want it, so I don't half know how to look things up... I didn't know that it would work on Linux, though, (I used it on Windows for a few weeks - I think I had been looking for a translation program at the time.) I did download the Linux tarball, so I will check it out as soon as I get some chow down.
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| Nukes wrote: | There's a package somewhere in the debian trees for wordnet. It's called "wordnet" 
Maybe this one would help you?
http://edictionary.sf.net/
| Quote: | | can be used to view the meaning of English words. It can also provide related details like etymology, function, pronunciation etc. Adding support for other languages is not included, but is easy |
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Nah, but thanks - I need something that I can use while I'm using a word processor, like O.O.O, which would be in the gui...It doesn't matter, I guess. While I was trying to check out ImageMagic, I came to the conclusion that there is something wrong with my system - apt-get is not finding and setting up any dependencies... I don't know how to describe it any better, but I need to try another distro, anyway, so I'll hold off on setting too much up in this one...
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| crouse wrote: | Well, granted this app is ONLINE like you said, but it's on your favorite website ...... 
Bottom of every post is a search text field for Dictionary.com It gives definitions. Right next to the quick reply box !!  Even more reason for you to be on usalug.org all the time
But I will be watching the thread for other suggestions, as this does really interest me  |
I use dictionary.com all the time - it is the only way I have to get definitions in Linux (I could bookmark other dictionaries, I suppose, but dictionary.com works, and does most of what I want.) Wordnet works - I used it on Windows - but, (hmm, this post is a good example, I need a word to describe the group that Wordnet is designed for. I used "linguist" earlier, but that is not the correct word, the word I need is for a group of people who study the English language in detail. ) I'm looking for a program that will give me a large number of synonyms, which Wordnet does, but it categorises them in a way that is hard for me to search. Ah well, I will try to set up Wordnet as soon as I install another distro...
It's cool that dictionary.com is linked to here. I never noticed it down there, although I'm sure I saw it, just never paid attention... 
You know what would be cool? Dictionary.com (there is a way to do a thesaurus search there, BTW) capabilities are very close to what I'm looking for. If it was a program that I could access when I'm not online, it would be exactly what I'm looking for. (It would also be nice to have such a program to allow you to add words to the dictionary and/or thesaurus. A definiton search would be excellent, but not bloody likely.)
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