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📘 NAME

dict_lookup DICT Protocol Client

🚀 Quick Reference

Use Case	Command	Description
🔍 Look up selected text	dict_lookup	Uses X selection to query dict.org via terminal
🔍 Look up specific query	dict_lookup -q "word"	Bypass X selection, query directly
📐 Set terminal position	dict_lookup -x +200 -y +200	Place terminal at (200,200) on screen
📏 Set terminal size	dict_lookup -s 80x24	Width 80, height 24 characters
❓ Display help	dict_lookup -h	Show available options

🔧 SYNOPSIS

dict_lookuop [options]

📝 DESCRIPTION

dict_lookup reads X selection, then open terminal emulator and run dict client in it allowing user to view content using pager. It makes sense to configure launching dict_lookup on a keyboard shortcut in the window manager.

⚙️ OPTIONS

🆘 -h

Display help message.

📍 -x x

X coordinate of terminal emulator.

📍 -x Y

Y coordinate of terminal emulator.

📐 -s WxH

Width and height of terminal emulator separated by 'x'.

🔍 -q query

Query, if specified, X selection is not read.

🌐 ENVIRONMENT

dict_lookup recognizes the following environment variables. The default value is specified in square brackets.

• D_AWK_PROG — AWK interpreter to use. [awk]
• D_XCLIP_PROG — xclip application. [xclip]
• D_XTERM_PROG — xterm or equivalent terminal emulator. [xterm]
• D_UTF8_LOCALE — UTF-8 locale. [first available UTF-8 locale on system]
• D_DICT_PROG — Dictionary client program. [dict]
• D_DICT_SERVER — Option for dictionary client specifying the server. [-h dict.org]
• D_DICT_PORT — Option for dictionary client specifying the port. [-p 2628]
• D_DICT_DB_OPT — Option for dictionary client specifying the database. [-d foldoc]
• D_XTERM_CLASS — Option for terminal emulator specifying the class. [-class XTerm]
• D_XTERM_NAME — Option for terminal emulator specifying the name. [-name xterm_dict]
• D_XTERM_TITLE — Option for terminal emulator specifying the title. [-title dict_lookup]
• D_TEXT_WIDTH — Program calculating text width for given text. [cyrillic_text_width] — cyrillic_text_width doesn't work correctly for Japanese, Korean, Chinese and some other languages.
• D_TERM_X — Terminal emulator X coordinate. [+200]
• D_TERM_Y — Terminal emulator Y coordinate. [+200]
• D_TERM_H — Terminal emulator height. [+40]
• D_PAGER — Pager. [less -R]

📚 SEE ALSO

dict(1), less(1), xterm(1), dictd(8), http://www.dict.org, RFC 2229

📘 NAME 🚀 Quick Reference 🔧 SYNOPSIS 📝 DESCRIPTION ⚙️ OPTIONS 🌐 ENVIRONMENT 📚 SEE ALSO