NAME

       ydpdict - an interface for Collins and Langenscheidt dictionaries

SYNOPSIS

       ydpdict [ options ]

DESCRIPTION

       ydpdict   is   an   ncurses   interface  for  English-Polish  and  Polish-English  Collins
       dictionaries, as well as German-Polish and Polish-German Langenscheidt dictionaries, which
       are distributed by Young Digital Planet.

       ydpdict  tries to load the configuration file from the following locations (reads only the
       first one found):

       1)     ~/ydpdict.conf

       2)     ~/.ydpdictrc

       3)     /etc/ydpdict.conf

       ydpdict searches for dictionary files in current directory and /usr/local/share/ydpdict.

       Pronunciation samples are read from /media/cdrom by  default.  To  play  samples  of  both
       english  and  german  words,  one  shall  create en and de subdirectiories with respective
       content.

OPTIONS

       -e [--eng]
              Starts the English-Polish dictionary (default).

       -p [--pol]
              Starts the Polish-English dictionary.

       -g [--ger-pol]
              Starts the German-Polish dictionary.

       -o [--pol-ger]
              Starts the Polish-German dictionary.

       -f [--path=PATH]
              Sets the path to data files.

       -c [--cdpath=PATH]
              Sets the path to the CD with pronunciation samples.

       -P [--player=PATH]
              Sets the path to the sound player.

       -w [--word=WORD]
              Starts the dictionary and translates the specified word.

       -A [--audio=DEVICE]
              Sets the default audio device.

       --version
              Displays the version of the program.

       -h [--help]
              Shows command line options.

CONFIGURATION OPTIONS

       Path PATH
              Sets the path to data files.

       CDPath PATH
              Sets the path to the CD with pronunciation samples.

       Player COMMAND
              Sets the path to the sound player.

       DefaultDictionary TYPE
              Default dictionary (0 - English-Polish, 1 - Polish-English, 2 - German-Polish, 3  -
              Polish-German).

       UseColor BOOLEAN
              Color  support  is  autodetected,  but color display can be forced with this option
              (On, Off).

       UseTransparent BOOLEAN
              Terminal transparency (On, Off).

       Color COLOR

       DefinitionColor COLOR

       InformationColor COLOR
              Colors used to display definitions can be set to one of the following: Black,  Red,
              Green,  Brown,  Blue,  Magenta,  Cyan,  White,  Gray, Yellow, LightRed, LightGreen,
              LightBlue, LightMagenta, LightCyan, LightWhite.   Note:  for  colors  with  "Light"
              prefix, emphasis will be invisible.

AUTHOR

       ydpdict  was  written  by  Wojtek  Kaniewski <wojtekka@toxygen.net>. Latest version can be
       found at http://toxygen.net/ydpdict/

                                        December 13, 2013                              YDPDICT(1)