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<!-- This file describes the Dictionary applet and application. -->
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<article id="index" lang="en">
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  <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>
    
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  <copyright>
   <year>2006</year>
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    <publisher> 
      <publishername> MATE Documentation Project </publishername> 
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    <authorgroup> 
      <author role="maintainer"> 
	<firstname>Emmanuele</firstname> 
	<surname>Bassi</surname> 
	<affiliation> 
	  <address><email>ebassi@gmail.com</email></address> 
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	<revnumber>&app; Manual V&manrevision;</revnumber> 
	<date>&date;</date> 
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	  <para role="author">Emmanuele Bassi</para>
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    <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-user-guide/feedback" type="help">MATE Feedback
      Page</ulink>.</para>
      
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  </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>