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Description

A simple wordnet mode.

Installation: Put (require 'wordnet) (wordnet-install) into your startup/user init file. The default value of `wordnet-command-line' requires w3m to be installed.

Important Commands

wordnet-lookup: Look up the word at point.
wordnet-lookup-specific: Look up the word at point in a specific dictionary.
wordnet-lookup-selection: Look up the primary X selection. Could be used as in: gnuclient -eval '(wordnet-lookup-selection t)'
wordnet-run-wn-with-word-at-mouse: Look up the word the mouse is pointing at.

Important Variables

wordnet-query-word-flag: Query user before running `wordnet-command-line'.
wordnet-command-line: The command line used to get wordnet's overview. %w is replaced with the word you want to lookup.

Default key binding in the Wordnet buffer

q	`wordnet-bury'
Q	`wordnet-quit'
k	`wordnet-delete-frame'
h	`wordnet-history-show'
return	`wordnet-run-wn-with-word-at-point-anyway'
control button1	`wordnet-run-wn-with-word-at-mouse-anyway'
button2	`wordnet-run-wn-with-word-at-mouse-anyway'
button3	`wordnet-popmenu-at-mouse'
control button3	`wordnet-popmenu-at-mouse-volatile'

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Requirements: tellib

0.3: wordnet.el.gz

All elisp files on this site: tellib.tar.gz

Version history

0.3: :nullmatch (see `wordnet-command-line').
0.2: Remember lookup modes; volatile lookups; mode sensible command selection (attempted integration with man, apropos, describe-function, describe-variable); new placeholders in command lines: %l, %{Width}; pop-up menu; different ways to run/eval a command line
0.1: Initial release (tested with XEmacs)