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some words have so big descriptions from several dictionnaries, plus a couple 
xtermful of thesaurus synonyms, the xterm scrollbar runs out. and the most 
relevant definitions are always at the beginning.

in the meantime how can i alias dict * to dict|more * (not using another 
command as dict)?


On Saturday 16 July 2005 05:57, Dima Dorfman wrote:
> h <h@erathia.be> wrote:
> > i think dict should default to |more in a xterm
>
> I've seen this behavior on several other systems (with dict and other
> utilities), and I really, really don't like it. You can get it for
> yourself by installing an alias, but if it's the default, there's no
> obvious way to turn it off. Personally, I never want it because I
> prefer to use my terminal's scroll feature (which xterm also
> supports).
>
> Dima.