3 dict \- dictionary browser
22 is a dictionary browser.
25 is given on the command line,
27 prints all matching entries;
28 otherwise it repeatedly accepts and executes commands.
30 .TF -d\ \fIdictname\fP
33 Use the given dictionary.
36 the second edition of the Oxford English Dictionary.
37 A list of available dictionaries is printed by option
41 Execute one command and quit.
42 The command syntax is described below.
45 Print a pronunciation key.
48 Patterns are regular expressions (see
50 with an implicit leading
54 Patterns are matched against an index of headwords and variants,
55 to form a `match set'.
56 By default, both patterns and the index are folded:
57 upper case characters are mapped into their lower case equivalents,
58 and Latin accented characters are mapped into their non-accented
60 In interactive mode, there is always a `current match set'
61 and a `current entry' within the match set.
62 Commands can change either or both, as well as print the entries
63 or information about them.
65 Commands have an address followed by a command letter.
66 Addresses have the form:
67 .TF /\fIre\fP/.\fIn\fP
70 Set the match set to all entries matching the regular expression
72 sorted in dictionary order.
73 Set the current entry to the first of the match set.
78 but use exact matching, i.e., without case and accent folding.
83 means change the current entry to the
85 of the current match set.
90 is an absolute byte offset into the raw dictionary.
96 After setting the match set and current entry according to
98 change the match set and current entry to be the next entry
99 in the dictionary (not necessarily in the match set) after
105 but go to previous dictionary entry.
108 The command letters come in pairs: a lower case and the
109 corresponding upper case letter.
110 The lower case version prints something about the current
111 entry only, and advances the current entry to the next
112 in the match set (wrapping around to the beginning after
114 The upper case version prints something about all of the
115 match set and resets the current entry to the beginning of
120 Print the whole entry.
123 Print only the headword(s) of the entry.
126 Print the dictionary byte offset of the entry.
129 Print the whole entry in raw format (without translating
130 special characters, etc.).
133 If no command letter is given for the first command,
138 the default command is
140 Otherwise, the default command is the previous command.
144 .B /lib/dict/oed2index
153 A font with wide coverage of the Unicode Standard
154 should be used for best results.
156 .BR /lib/font/bit/pelm/unicode.9.font .)
161 a few literal characters, matching takes a long time.
163 The dictionaries are not distributed outside Bell Labs.