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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