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33 lines
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<HTML><HEAD>
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<TITLE>TkGoodStuff Webster</TITLE>
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</HEAD><BODY bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="blue" vlink="purple" alink="red">
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<H1>TkGoodStuff Webster</H1>
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<H2> Description </H2>
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The Webster client directs your web browswer to retrieve
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dictionary-definitions over the net.
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<P> To use it, highlight a word as the X selection, and click on the
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Webster button; if all goes well, you will soon see a popup containing
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the definition of the word.
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<P> By default, this client produces a button on your tkgoodstuff
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panel. But you can set preferences so that it will not, in which case
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you can use the (Tcl) command "WebsterDefine" as a Menu client item.
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<P> You can customize the URL if you have access to a
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better dictionary server. If you know of a web page that has a "form" to fill
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out to get a definition, to determine the needed URL you may have to look
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at the html source of the page. Typically, you will want something like:
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<PRE>
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http://www2.hti.umich.edu/bin/oed/oed-idx.pl?q1=@word@
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</PRE>
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That's what I use, but I think only University of Michigan people can access
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that server. The Webster default is Merriam-Webster's server:
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<PRE>
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http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/mweb?book=Dictionary&va=@word@
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</PRE>
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