You will find in this directory a very simple client.
It is a straightforward example of how to use the access library
for the Webster dictionary and thesaurus.
You may install it in /usr/local/bin.
Please note that the dictionary and the thesaurus are copyrighted by
Merriam-Webster Inc.
Benoit Grange
ben@fizz.fdn.org
Webster Command line interface.
Copyright (C) 1993 BENOIT GRANGE.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
USAGE
$ webster -license
Prints the license and copyright information.
$ webster [-d/-t] [words]
Print the definition of words (both dictionary and thesaurus).
Using the -d option will only print the defs from the dictionary.
Using the -t option will only print the defs from the thesaurus.
Note: This can be altered by the user defaults.
NeXT DEFAULTS
The program uses some next defaults under the name 'CommandLineWebster'.
Use "dwrite CommandLineWebster <name of default> <value>" to alter them.
Use "dread -o CommandLineWebster" to show all.
You may also alter the value for only one execution using
"wesbter -<name of default> <value> [words]".
- ShowDictionary ("NO" or anything else)
Do we open the dictionary ?
- ShowThesaurus ("NO" or anything else)
Do we open the thesaurus ?
- Mode ("ascii")
Names the output format. You may try "next",
and maybe later "iso-8859-1".
CONFIGURATION
- Codebook ("/NextLibrary/References/Webster-Dictionary/codebook")
Name of the magic codebook used for decompressing entries.
- Webster-Dictionary ("/NextLibrary/References/Webster-Dictionary/Dictionary")
Path to the dictionary.
- Webster-Thesaurus ("/NextLibrary/References/Webster-Thesaurus/Thesaurus")
Path to the thesaurus.
These are the contents of the former NiCE NeXT User Group NeXTSTEP/OpenStep software archive, currently hosted by Netfuture.ch.