Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 09:30:52 +0000 From: Dima Dorfman <dd@freebsd.org> To: h <h@erathia.be> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dict ports suggestion Message-ID: <20050716093052.GA20040@trit.org> In-Reply-To: <200507161124.25731.h@erathia.be> References: <200507152118.29557.h@erathia.be> <20050716035718.GB6186@trit.org> <200507161124.25731.h@erathia.be>
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--3V7upXqbjpZ4EhLz Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable h <h@erathia.be> wrote: > 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. > > some words have so big descriptions from several dictionnaries, plus a co= uple=20 > xtermful of thesaurus synonyms, the xterm scrollbar runs out. and the mos= t=20 > relevant definitions are always at the beginning. If you don't need all of those definitions, you can use the -d option to select which database to query. You can also, if you like, increase the scrollback buffer in your xterm. > in the meantime how can i alias dict * to dict|more * (not using another= =20 > command as dict)? In csh, you can do this: alias dict '\dict \!* | more' If you use another shell, I'm sure its manual describes how to do achieve the same thing. --3V7upXqbjpZ4EhLz Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iD8DBQFC2NPMBzAFW2n65YIRArACAJ4tV3aAY8QmN6RDFNSwpNgOhvD7GgCfZdJF h5uM/+mM4TisVIiGS4QhX8s= =EsXM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --3V7upXqbjpZ4EhLz--
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