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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd" [
+<!ENTITY app "Dictionary">
+<!ENTITY applet "Dictionary Applet">
+<!ENTITY appversion "2.14.0">
+<!ENTITY date "January 2005">
+<!ENTITY legal SYSTEM "legal.xml">
+<!ENTITY manrevision "1.0.0">
+]>
+<!-- This file describes the Dictionary applet and application. -->
+<!--
+ (Do not remove this comment block.)
+ Maintained by the MATE Documentation Project
+ http://developer.mate.org/projects/gdp
+ Template version: 2.0 beta
+ Template last modified 11 April, 2002
+
+-->
+<!-- =============Document Header ============================= -->
+<article id="index" lang="en">
+<!-- please do not change the id; for translations, change language to -->
+<!-- appropriate code -->
+ <articleinfo>
+ <title>&app; Manual</title>
+
+ <abstract role="description">
+ <para>
+ Dictionary enables you to look up definitions and correct spellings
+ of words.
+ </para>
+ </abstract>
+
+ <copyright>
+ <year>2005</year>
+ <holder>Emmanuele Bassi</holder>
+ </copyright>
+
+<!-- translators: uncomment this:
+
+ <copyright>
+ <year>2006</year>
+ <holder>ME-THE-TRANSLATOR (Latin translation)</holder>
+ </copyright>
+
+ -->
+
+ <publisher>
+ <publishername> MATE Documentation Project </publishername>
+ </publisher>
+
+ &legal;
+
+ <authorgroup>
+ <author role="maintainer">
+ <firstname>Emmanuele</firstname>
+ <surname>Bassi</surname>
+ <affiliation>
+ <address><email>[email protected]</email></address>
+ </affiliation>
+ </author>
+
+<!-- This is appropriate place for other contributors: translators,
+ maintainers, etc. Commented out by default.
+ <othercredit role="translator">
+ <firstname>Latin</firstname>
+ <surname>Translator 1</surname>
+ <affiliation>
+ <orgname>Latin Translation Team</orgname>
+ <address> <email>[email protected]</email> </address>
+ </affiliation>
+ <contrib>Latin translation</contrib>
+ </othercredit>
+-->
+
+ </authorgroup>
+
+ <revhistory>
+ <revision>
+ <revnumber>&app; Manual V&manrevision;</revnumber>
+ <date>&date;</date>
+ <revdescription>
+ <para role="author">Emmanuele Bassi</para>
+ <para role="publisher">MATE Documentation Project</para>
+ </revdescription>
+ </revision>
+ </revhistory>
+
+ <releaseinfo>This manual describes version &appversion; of &app;.</releaseinfo>
+ <legalnotice>
+ <title>Feedback</title>
+ <para>To report a bug or make a suggestion regarding the &app;
+ application or this manual, follow the directions in the
+ <ulink url="help:mate-feedback" type="help">MATE Feedback
+ Page</ulink>.</para>
+
+<!-- Translators may also add here feedback address for translations -->
+ </legalnotice>
+ </articleinfo>
+
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>Dictionary</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+
+<!-- ============= Document Body ============================= -->
+<!-- ============= Introduction ============================== -->
+ <sect1 id="mate-dictionary-introduction">
+ <title>Introduction</title>
+
+ <para>The <application>&app;</application> application enables you to
+ search words and terms on a dictionary source.</para>
+
+ </sect1>
+
+<!-- ============= Getting Started =========================== -->
+ <sect1 id="mate-dictionary-getting-started">
+ <title>Getting Started</title>
+
+<!-- ============= To Start Dictionary ======================= -->
+ <sect2 id="mate-dictionary-start-application">
+ <title>To Start &app;</title>
+
+ <para>You can start <application>&app;</application> in the following
+ ways:</para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guimenu>Applications</guimenu> menu</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Choose <menuchoice><guisubmenu>Accessories</guisubmenu>
+ <guimenuitem>Dictionary</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Command line</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Execute the following command: <command>mate-dictionary</command></para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <para>Once started, the <application>&app;</application> window is
+ displayed:</para>
+
+ <figure id="mate-dictionary-fig">
+ <title>&app; Window</title>
+ <screenshot>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="figures/mate-dictionary-application.png" format="PNG"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ <textobject><phrase>Shows &app; main window.</phrase></textobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </screenshot>
+ </figure>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+ </sect1>
+
+<!-- ============= Usage ===================================== -->
+ <sect1 id="mate-dictionary-usage">
+ <title>Usage</title>
+
+ <sect2 id="mate-dictionary-lookup">
+ <title>Looking up a word</title>
+
+ <para>To look up a word, type it into the <guilabel>entry field</guilabel>
+ and press <keycap>Enter</keycap>.</para>
+
+ <para>If some definition for the word is found, it will appear inside
+ the main window area:</para>
+
+ <figure id="mate-dictionary-lookup-fig">
+ <title>&app; Window</title>
+ <screenshot>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="figures/mate-dictionary-lookup.png" format="PNG"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ <textobject><phrase>Shows a definition inside the &app; main window.</phrase></textobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </screenshot>
+ </figure>
+
+ <para>Otherwise, an error dialog will appear, with a message explaining the
+ nature of the error.</para>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="mate-dictionary-save">
+ <title>Save look up results</title>
+
+ <para>To save the results of a look up, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Save a Copy</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. Enter a name for the file in the <guilabel>Save a Copy</guilabel> dialog, then click <guibutton>Save</guibutton>.</para>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="mate-dictionary-print">
+ <title>Print look up results</title>
+
+ <para>To print the results of a look up, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Print</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>
+
+ <para>Inside the <guilabel>Print</guilabel> dialog you can select the
+ printer to use, the paper format, the number of copies.</para>
+
+ <para>To see a preview of what will be printed, click
+ <guibutton>Preview</guibutton>.</para>
+
+ <para>To print, click <guibutton>Print</guibutton>.</para>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="mate-dictionary-find">
+ <title>Find Text</title>
+
+ <figure id="mate-dictionary-find-fig">
+ <title>&app; Window</title>
+ <screenshot>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="figures/mate-dictionary-find.png" format="PNG"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ <textobject><phrase>Shows the &app; Find pane inside the main window.</phrase></textobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </screenshot>
+ </figure>
+
+
+ <para>To find text inside the results of a look up, perform the following
+ steps:</para>
+
+ <orderedlist>
+ <listitem><para>Choose <menuchoice> <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Find</guimenuitem> </menuchoice>
+ to display the <guilabel>Find</guilabel> pane.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Type the text you want to find inside the <guilabel>Search</guilabel>
+ entry.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>To find the next occurrence of the text, click <guibutton>Next</guibutton>.
+ To find the previous occurrence of the text, click
+ <guibutton>Previous</guibutton>.</para></listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+ </sect1>
+
+<!-- ============= Preferences =============================== -->
+ <sect1 id="mate-dictionary-preferences">
+ <title>Preferences</title>
+
+ <para>To change the <application>&app;</application> application
+ preferences, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>
+
+<!-- ============= Source Tab ================================ -->
+ <sect2 id="mate-dictionary-source-tab">
+ <title>Dictionary Sources</title>
+
+ <figure id="mate-dictionary-sources-fig">
+ <title>&app; Window</title>
+ <screenshot>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="figures/mate-dictionary-preferences-source.png" format="PNG"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ <textobject><phrase>Shows the Source tab of the Preferences dialog.</phrase></textobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </screenshot>
+ </figure>
+
+ <para>To change the dictionary source used to look up words, select
+ the desired source from the list.</para>
+ </sect2>
+
+<!-- ============= Add Source ================================ -->
+ <sect2 id="mate-dictionary-add-source">
+ <title>Adding a new source</title>
+
+ <figure id="mate-dictionary-add-source-fig">
+ <title>&app; Window</title>
+ <screenshot>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="figures/mate-dictionary-add-source.png" format="PNG"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ <textobject><phrase>Shows the Add Source dialog.</phrase></textobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </screenshot>
+ </figure>
+
+ <para>To add a new dictionary source, perform the following steps:</para>
+
+ <orderedlist>
+ <listitem><para>Click on the <guibutton>Add</guibutton> button</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Edit the name of the new source inside the <guilabel>Description</guilabel> entry</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Change the transport type of the new source using the <guilabel>Transport</guilabel> combo box</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Edit the attributes of the new source</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Click <guibutton>Add</guibutton></para></listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+
+ <para>Different source transport types uses different attributes. This
+ is the list of available attributes per transport type:</para>
+
+ <informaltable frame="all">
+ <tgroup cols="2" colsep="1" rowsep="1">
+ <thead>
+ <row valign="top">
+ <entry><para>Transport</para></entry>
+ <entry><para>Attributes</para></entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row valign="top">
+ <entry><para>Dictionary Server</para></entry>
+ <entry>
+ <para>Hostname: the hostname of the dictionary server</para>
+ <para>Port: the port of the dictionary server</para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </informaltable>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+<!-- ============= Remove Source ============================= -->
+ <sect2 id="mate-dictionary-remove-source">
+ <title>Removing a source</title>
+
+ <para>To remove a dictionary source, perform the following steps:</para>
+
+ <orderedlist>
+ <listitem><para>Select the source you wish to remove</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Click the <guibutton>Remove</guibutton> button</para></listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+
+ <warning><para>If you remove a dictionary source it will be permanently
+ deleted from the list of available sources. Also, as some sources might
+ be defined system-wide you may actually not be able to remove
+ them unless you have the right ownership privileges.</para></warning>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+<!-- ============= Print Tab ================================= -->
+ <sect2 id="mate-dictionary-print-tab">
+ <title>Print Options</title>
+
+ <figure id="mate-dictionary-print-fig">
+ <title>&app; Window</title>
+ <screenshot>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="figures/mate-dictionary-preferences-print.png" format="PNG"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ <textobject><phrase>Shows the Print tab inside the Preferences dialog.</phrase></textobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </screenshot>
+ </figure>
+
+ <para>If you want to change the font name and size used when printing,
+ perform the following steps:</para>
+
+ <orderedlist>
+ <listitem><para>Click on the <guilabel>Print Font</guilabel> button</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Select the font and size you wish to use</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Click <guibutton>Ok</guibutton></para></listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+ </sect1>
+
+<!-- ============= Dictionary Applet ======================== -->
+ <sect1 id="mate-dictionary-applet">
+ <title>The &applet;</title>
+
+ <para>The <application>&app;</application> application comes with a
+ panel applet, the <application>&applet;</application>. You can add
+ the <application>&applet;</application> applet to a panel and look
+ up words in dictionaries.</para>
+
+ <figure id="mate-dictionary-applet-fig">
+ <title>&applet; Window</title>
+ <screenshot>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="figures/mate-dictionary-applet.png" format="PNG"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ <textobject><phrase>Shows &applet;.</phrase></textobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </screenshot>
+ </figure>
+
+
+<!-- ============= Dictionary Applet Start ================== -->
+ <sect2 id="mate-dictionary-applet-start">
+ <title>To Start &applet;</title>
+
+ <para>To add <application>&applet;</application> to a panel, right-click
+ on the panel, then choose <guimenuitem>Add to Panel</guimenuitem>.
+ Select &applet; in the <application>Add to the panel</application>
+ dialog, then click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>.</para>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+<!-- ============= Dictionary Applet Start ================== -->
+ <sect2 id="mate-dictionary-applet-usage">
+ <title>Using the &applet;</title>
+
+ <para>To look up a word, type it into the <guilabel>entry field</guilabel>,
+ and press <keycap>Enter</keycap> or right-click on the dictionary icon
+ and then choose <guimenuitem>Look up</guimenuitem>.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>If some definition for the word was found, a window will appear,
+ with the text of the definitions:</para>
+
+ <figure id="mate-dictionary-applet-window-fig">
+ <title>&applet; Window</title>
+ <screenshot>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="figures/mate-dictionary-applet-window.png" format="PNG"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ <textobject><phrase>Shows &applet; main window.</phrase></textobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </screenshot>
+ </figure>
+
+ <para>Click <guibutton>Save</guibutton> to save the definitions to a
+ text file. Click <guibutton>Print</guibutton> to print the definitions.
+ Click <guibutton>Clear</guibutton> to clear the definitions.</para>
+
+ <para>You can make the window disappear by left-clicking on the dictionary
+ icon or by pressing <keycap>Esc</keycap>.</para>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="mate-dictionary-applet-preferences">
+ <title>Preferences</title>
+
+ <para>To configure the <application>&applet;</application>, right-click on
+ the dictionary icon, then choose <guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem>.</para>
+
+ <para>The <guilabel>Preferences</guilabel> dialog is the same used by
+ the <application>&app;</application> application, so refer to
+ <xref linkend="mate-dictionary-preferences"/></para>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+ </sect1>
+
+</article>