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<H2><A NAME="dict"></A> <A NAME="s8">8. Dictionaries of the dict server </A></H2>

<P>As of version 0.6.7 it is also possible to consult dictionaries from
a dict server in Wordtrans.
<P>To do so you'll need to have installed the application <CODE>dict</CODE>. 
I recommend to install the server <CODE>dictd</CODE> and some dictionaries
for it. In debian you have some in deb packages.
<P>Wordtrans includes a generic configuration file (dictd.dconf), 
which will try to connect to a local server (localhost) using port 
2628. The search will be performed in all ("*") databases
in the server and with the default search strategy of the server (".").
<P>You can change it if you wish, or create other dictionaries to use another
server, or for looking only on a determined database, etc.
<P>As you will notice, when you activate the dictionary editing dialog
(Dictionaries->New or Dictionaries->Edit) you will see that it is a little
different than the used in the other kind of dictionaries.
<P>I think the dialog is self explaining and it's not necessary to explain
what's every option for. Just saying that in the option <B>Database</B>
the el asterisk ("*") means "all", and in <B>Strategy</B> the dot
(".") means "the default search strategy of the server".
The rest of databases and strategies are obtained from the server itself.
The button <B>Update</B> makes it to connect again to the server
to update these two lists.
<P>If you have the server <CODE>dictd</CODE> installed, you may type
<CODE>man dictd</CODE> to see a complete description of every search strategy.
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<H2><A NAME="ss8.1">8.1 Links</A>
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<P>The databases of dict servers have links (if you use <I>dict</I>
or the console version of wordtrans you will see the between {}).
Well, qwordtrans can locate these links and create real links (which you
can click on with your mouse) in the same way of HTML links.
<P>This feature facilitates a lot queries in this type of dictionaries.
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