Enso needs a define command

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The following patch implements a very basic define command using dict as
its backend.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by diogo.ma...@gmail.com on 13 Mar 2008 at 5:10

Attachments:

• define.diff

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For those interested, you can get a a bzr branch using:
$ bzr branch http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~matsubara/enso/define-command

Original comment by diogo.ma...@gmail.com on 13 Mar 2008 at 5:12

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Original comment by ebj...@gmail.com on 21 Mar 2008 at 4:43

• Added labels: Component-Words, Seems-Familiar, Type-Patch
• Removed labels: Type-Defect

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Thanks for your patch!
A little bit about the history of the Define command:
The first implementation had a full Oxford American Dictionary installed on the
client computer so it could be used offline, and had an embedded Mozilla 
browser used
to open a "task box" window for reading the dictionary contents.  It was 
extremely
heavyweight, but it was nice and people liked it.

When we made Enso free, we ended our contract with Oxford, so we weren't able 
to use
the offline dictionary anymore.  We instead moved to a very simple define 
command
that just searches an online dictionary website.  That's what's in frozen Enso 
right
now.  It's a stopgap; people don't like it very much; but we could port it over.

Eventually, we'd really like something where people can plug in a dictionary 
file in
their language of choice for offline Define goodness.

But in the meantime, I'll take a look at the Define command you've written, and 
if
it's better than the stopgap from frozen Enso, then I'll merge your version in.

Thanks!

Original comment by ebj...@gmail.com on 21 Mar 2008 at 5:35

• Changed state: Accepted