Re: glossary (was: Re: GNOME 2 tasks)

[Alexander Kirillov <kirillov math sunysb edu>]

Trnaslating glossary to whatever database format is not a problem. But
running a dict server... I'd much prefer a solution which does not
require the user to run a separate server/daemon. Can all this be just
integrated into a doc browser? 

Sasha

On Fri, Oct 05, 2001 at 08:54:38AM +1200, Michael JasonSmith wrote:
> Alexander Kirillov wrote:
> > Ideal scenario: you right-click on any word you do not know, select
> > "look it up in the glossary", and if found, it'd produce a small
> > floating window containing the def'n of this word from the
> > glossary. Or the definition shows up in a separate pane of the doc
> > browser - something like this.
> > 
> > How realistic is this?
> It sounds a bit like Wordinspect:
> 	http://home.tir.com/~sgifford/wordinspect/
> It will lookup (in a Dict database) a word that is currently selected in
> an X application and pop up a window with the definition.  It is quite a
> handy little tool when dealing with newsgroups and mailing lists that
> use a lot if acronyms.  
> 
> One solution would be to translate the Gnome glossary into a Dict DB
> that the myriad of Dict front ends could use.  The problem is that the
> user would have to have a Dict server running, or have a network
> connection to a Dict server.
> -- 
> Michael JasonSmith        http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~mpj17/