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diff --git a/mate-dictionary/data/mate-dictionary.1 b/mate-dictionary/data/mate-dictionary.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..ceabc30a --- /dev/null +++ b/mate-dictionary/data/mate-dictionary.1 @@ -0,0 +1,61 @@ +.\" mate-dictionary.1 - a online dictionary client +.\" Copyright 2005 Emmanuele Bassi +.\" Copyright 2001 Jochen Voss +.TH mate-dictionary 1 "Jan 2 2005" "mate-utils 2.13.4" +.SH NAME +mate-dictionary \- Look up words on dictionaries +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +.BI mate-dictionary +.br +.BI mate-dictionary " [options]" +.fi +.sp +or select +.B Dictionary +from the +.B Accessories +submenu of the Applications menu. +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B MATE Dictionary +provides dictionary definitions of words, using a dictionary source. + +For full documentation see the +.B MATE Dictionary +online help. + +.SH OPTIONS +.TP +.BI \-\-look\-up " word" +Looks up the specified word using the pre-defined dictionary source. +.TP +.BI \-s " source\fR or " \-\-source " source" +Uses the specified source for looking up words. This does not affect the +global settings. +.TP +.BR \-l " or " \-\-list\-sources +Lists all the sources available. +.TP +.BR \-n " or " \-\-no\-window +Using this switch with the \-\-look\-up will print the definitions found +on the console without launching the GUI. +.TP +.B \-\-help +Display help information. +.SH CONFIGURATION +All the configuration is handled using MateConf. +.SH AUTHOR +.B MATE Dictionary +was originally written by Spiros Papadimitriou (<[email protected]>), Mike +Hughes (<[email protected]>) and Bradford Hovinen (<[email protected]>). + +Emmanuele Bassi (<[email protected]>) rewrote it from scratch. + +This manual page was originally written by Jochen Voss + +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR dict (1), +.BR dictd (8), +.BR http://www.dict.org/ , +.B RFC 2229 |