Comments on: Dictionary on the desktop http://blog.nixternal.com/2007.04.03/dictionary-on-the-desktop/ Free Software Chicago Style: letting proprietary solutions sleep with the fishes Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:01:36 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Carlindo Hugueney http://blog.nixternal.com/2007.04.03/dictionary-on-the-desktop/comment-page-1/#comment-4036 Carlindo Hugueney Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:11:06 +0000 http://blog.nixternal.com/2007.04.03/dictionary-on-the-desktop/#comment-4036 Visit http://www.zyxware.com/articles/2008/02/29/setting-up-wordweb-equivalent-dictionary-kdict-on-ubuntu and you will find a more effective way to use the KDict Visit

http://www.zyxware.com/articles/2008/02/29/setting-up-wordweb-equivalent-dictionary-kdict-on-ubuntu

and you will find a more effective way to use the KDict

]]> By: David Gerard http://blog.nixternal.com/2007.04.03/dictionary-on-the-desktop/comment-page-1/#comment-519 David Gerard Fri, 06 Apr 2007 18:18:06 +0000 http://blog.nixternal.com/2007.04.03/dictionary-on-the-desktop/#comment-519 Heh. This sort of "but I like these two cool apps" is why KDE and GNOME converging as best can be negotiated - i.e., freedesktop.org rather than mashing them together like BlueCurve - is such a good idea. The user should never have to *care* which DE they're running - they just want to run their apps. Heh. This sort of “but I like these two cool apps” is why KDE and GNOME converging as best can be negotiated – i.e., freedesktop.org rather than mashing them together like BlueCurve – is such a good idea. The user should never have to *care* which DE they’re running – they just want to run their apps.

]]> By: nixternal http://blog.nixternal.com/2007.04.03/dictionary-on-the-desktop/comment-page-1/#comment-513 nixternal Thu, 05 Apr 2007 23:32:52 +0000 http://blog.nixternal.com/2007.04.03/dictionary-on-the-desktop/#comment-513 hey GoatTuber, I appologize, I never seen your post here. Ya I am unsure of what GNOME has, but I would almost think that they would have a cool widget or something that is similar. I am addicted to KDict and having the option to add other servers is great as well. And getting words added to some dictionaries is fairly easy as well. Good stuff. There you go, make porting KDict to gDict your next project :) hey GoatTuber, I appologize, I never seen your post here. Ya I am unsure of what GNOME has, but I would almost think that they would have a cool widget or something that is similar. I am addicted to KDict and having the option to add other servers is great as well. And getting words added to some dictionaries is fairly easy as well. Good stuff. There you go, make porting KDict to gDict your next project :)

]]> By: GoatTuber http://blog.nixternal.com/2007.04.03/dictionary-on-the-desktop/comment-page-1/#comment-512 GoatTuber Thu, 05 Apr 2007 22:58:08 +0000 http://blog.nixternal.com/2007.04.03/dictionary-on-the-desktop/#comment-512 me again... Well, to answer my own question, there are a few Gnome alternatives. I tried out both gnome-dict and stardict, and neither are as polished looking as KDict. It's great that the Gnome ones used my icon theme and all, but beyond that I found them somewhat disappointing. If you don't mind mixing KDE and Gnome apps, KDict is definately the way to go. me again…

Well, to answer my own question, there are a few Gnome alternatives. I tried out both gnome-dict and stardict, and neither are as polished looking as KDict. It’s great that the Gnome ones used my icon theme and all, but beyond that I found them somewhat disappointing. If you don’t mind mixing KDE and Gnome apps, KDict is definately the way to go.

]]> By: GoatTuber http://blog.nixternal.com/2007.04.03/dictionary-on-the-desktop/comment-page-1/#comment-499 GoatTuber Wed, 04 Apr 2007 18:10:16 +0000 http://blog.nixternal.com/2007.04.03/dictionary-on-the-desktop/#comment-499 Is there a Gnome based alternative to KDict? I prefer Gnome to KDE, but I do run a few K apps that are clearly superior to their Gnome counterparts (KDirStat, for example). If there aren't, there will be one more KDict user then. I'm tired of occasionally opening a browser to hit M-W, this is a *much* better solution. oh, and thanks for all your tips! Is there a Gnome based alternative to KDict? I prefer Gnome to KDE, but I do run a few K apps that are clearly superior to their Gnome counterparts (KDirStat, for example). If there aren’t, there will be one more KDict user then. I’m tired of occasionally opening a browser to hit M-W, this is a *much* better solution.

oh, and thanks for all your tips!

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