The KDict Handbook
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The KDict Handbook

Christian Gebauer

Developer: Christian Gebauer
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Revision 0.5.6 (2003-09-30)

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".

KDict is a graphical client for the DICT protocol. It enables you to search through dictionary databases for a word or phrase, then displays suitable definitions.


Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Using KDict
Getting Started
Configuring the DICT server
Basic Queries: Define
Advanced Queries: Match
Database Sets
Preferences
The Server Page
The Appearance Page
The Layout Page
The Miscellaneous Page
3. The Panel Applet
4. Command Reference
The File Menu
The Edit Menu
The History Menu
The Server Menu
The Settings Menu
The Help Menu
5. Command Line Options
6. Credits and License
A. Installation
How to obtain KDict
Requirements
B. Mini-Howto: Installing a local DICT server
Obtaining and installing dictd
Obtaining databases
Additional preformatted databases
Configuration
Starting dictd automatically
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