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Re: Screen Size

Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> Toby Inkster wrote:
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> 
>>> Dictionary is bloated, slow and has distractions. IMHO, one should
>>> always use dict.org.
>> 
>> Prefer "/usr/bin/dict".
> 
> Isn't that just an interface to dict.org?

"/usr/bin/dict" is a generic DICT protocol (RFC 2229) client. It can be
used as an interface for dict.org, or for any other server that supports
the DICT protocol.

As it happens, I use it to access my own local DICTd server, as it's much
faster that way.

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Toby A Inkster BSc (Hons) ARCS
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