xfce4-dict (1) Linux Manual Page
xfce4-dict — a client program to query different dictionaries
Synopsis
xfce4-dict [option] [text …]Description
xfce4-dict allows you to search different kinds of dictionary services for words or phrases and shows you the result. Currently you can query a "Dict" server(RFC 2229), any online dictionary service by opening a web browser or search for words using a spell check program like aspell, ispell or enchant. Homepage: http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/xfce4-dict
Options
If called without any arguments, the xfce4-dict main window is shown. Any passed text argument(s) are used as search text.- -d, –dict
- Search the given text using a Dict server(RFC 2229).
- -w, –web
- Search the given text using a web-based search engine.
- -t, –text-field
- Grab the focus on the text field in the panel (has no effect if panel plugin is not loaded).
- -s, –spell
- Check the given text with a spellchecker.
- -i, –ignore-plugin
- Start stand-alone application even if the panel plugin is loaded.
- -c, –clipboard
- Grabs the PRIMARY selection content (X selection clipboard), uses it as search text and performs a search. This is useful when you want to create keyboard shortcuts for this command. The search method can be specified with the -d, -w and -s options, if not specified the default search method is used. If the PRIMARY clipboard doesn’t contain any text, the normal clipboard is used.
- -v, –verbose
- Be verbose (print useful status messages).
- -V, –version
- Show version information.
- -?, –help
- Show help information and exit.
xfce4-dict supports all generic GTK options, a list is available on the help screen.