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- Short: A very useful dictionary script
- Uploader: damir.arh@telesat.si (Damir Arh)
- Author: damir.arh@telesat.si (Damir Arh)
- Type: util/misc
- Version: 1.7
-
- This ARexx script acts as an interface to dictionary files in specified format.
- By providing it a suitable dictionary file, you can use it for practically any
- dictionary like expression descriptions.
-
- To test the script with the supplied dictionary file, run it by typing
- 'Dictionary.rexx domains.dic' in the shell (without quotes), but you can use any
- dictionary file by replacing domains.dic with its filename. The dictionary file
- format is described at the end of this document.
-
- Upon running the script a short text describing all the commands is displayed
- but nevertheless I'll describe them all here:
- ? - displays the help text with all the commands listed,
- ! - quits the script,
- # a - displays the header entry for the keyword 'a' (check dictionary file
- format specification for details),
- * a - displays all dictionary entries starting with 'a',
- a - displays dictionary entry for 'a' if present.
-
- The dictionary file format is quite simple and consists of two parts. The header
- part contains entries for meta keywords:
- #meta value
- Each line is a separate entry. The meta keywords start with # and must not
- contain spaces. Everything after the first space is the value of the keyword.
- You can specify any keywords you want, but you really should specify #title as
- it gets displayed after running the script.
-
- After the header part there should be one empty line and then the actual
- dictionary entries follow in the format:
- keyword - description
- Again each line is a separate entry and this time the entries should be
- alphabeticaly sorted for the script to work correctly. This makes faster
- seaching possible in case of bigger dictionary files.
-
- For easier understanding a sample domains.dic dictionary file is supplied.
-
- If you like the script, I'd appreciate it if you would send me an e-mail telling
- me about it. I won't refuse any gifts or money you send me either. ;-)
-
-
- S-mail: Damir Arh
- Titova 89
- SI-4270 Jesenice
- Slovenia
-
- E-mail: damir.arh@telesat.si
-
- WWW: http://damir.gajba.net
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