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NAME

       dict_lookup - DICT Protocol Client

SYNOPSIS

       dict_lookuop [options]

DESCRIPTION

       dict_lookup  reads  X  selection,  then  open  terminal emulator and run dict client in it
       allowing user to view  content  using  pager.   It  makes  sense  to  configure  launching
       dict_lookup on a keyboard shortcut in the window manager.

OPTIONS

       -h     display help message.

       -x x   X coordinate of terminal emulator.

       -x Y   Y coordinate of terminal emulator.

       -s WxH width and height of terminal emulator separated by 'x'.

       -q query
              query, if it is specified, X selection is not read.

ENVIRONMENT

       dict_lookup  recognizes  the  following  environment  variables.   The  default  value  is
       specified in square brackets.

       D_AWK_PROG
              AWK interpreter to use.  [awk]

       D_XCLIP_PROG
              xclip application.  [xclip]

       D_XTERM_PROG
              xterm or equivalent terminal emulator.  [xterm]

       D_UTF8_LOCALE
              UTF-8 locale.  [first available UTF-8 locale on system]

       D_DICT_PROG
              Dictionary client program.  [dict]

       D_DICT_SERVER
              Option for dictionary client specifying the server.  [-h dict.org]

       D_DICT_PORT
              Option for dictionary client specifying the port.  [-p 2628]

       D_DICT_DB_OPT
              Option for dictionary client specifying the database.  [-d foldoc]

       D_XTERM_CLASS
              Option for terminal emulator specifying the class.  [-class XTerm]

       D_XTERM_NAME
              Option for terminal emulator specifying the name.  [-name xterm_dict]

       D_XTERM_TITLE
              Option for terminal emulator specifying the title.  [-title dict_lookup]

       D_TEXT_WIDTH
              Program calculating text width for given text.  [cyrillic_text_width]
              cyrillic_text_width doesn't work correctly for Japanese, Korean, Chinese  and  some
              other languages.

       D_TERM_X
              Terminal emulator X coordinate.  [+200]

       D_TERM_Y
              Terminal emulator Y coordinate.  [+200]

       D_TERM_H
              Terminal emulator height.  [+40]

       D_PAGER
              Pager.  [less -R]

SEE ALSO

       dict(1), less(1), xterm(1), dictd(8), http://www.dict.org, RFC 2229

                                          9 January 2011                           DICT_LOOKUP(1)