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.TH DICT 1
.SH NAME
-dict \- dictionary browser
+dict, adict \- dictionary browser
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B dict
[
@@ -17,6 +17,14 @@ dict \- dictionary browser
[
.I pattern
]
+.B adict
+[
+.B -d
+.I dictname
+]
+[
+.I pattern
+]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Dict
is a dictionary browser.
@@ -31,11 +39,10 @@ The options are
.TP
.BI -d " dictname"
Use the given dictionary.
-The default is
-.BR oed ,
-the second edition of the Oxford English Dictionary.
A list of available dictionaries is printed by option
.BR -d? .
+The default is the first dictionary on the list that is
+installed on the system.
.TP
.BI -c " command"
Execute one command and quit.
@@ -138,6 +145,42 @@ After an
the default command is
.BR p .
Otherwise, the default command is the previous command.
+.PP
+.I Adict
+is a dictionary browser for
+.IR acme (1).
+When run with no arguments, it creates a new
+.I acme
+window named
+.B /adict/
+listing the installed dictionaries.
+Clicking with button 3 on a dictionary name will create
+a new empty window named
+.BI /adict/ dict /.
+Typing and then clicking on a pattern in this window will
+create a new lookup window named
+.BI /adict/ dict / pattern
+containing the dictionary's definition of
+.IR pattern .
+Clicking with button 3 on any word in this new window will
+create new lookup windows.
+.PP
+If
+.I adict
+is run with a
+.I pattern ,
+it starts with the
+.BI /adict/ dict / pattern
+window.
+.PP
+If
+.I adict
+is run with no pattern but with a
+.B -d
+option,
+it starts with the
+.BI /adict/ dict /
+window.
.SH FILES
.B /lib/dict/oed2
.br
@@ -149,6 +192,8 @@ Other files in
.IR regexp (7)
.SH SOURCE
.B /usr/local/plan9/src/cmd/dict
+.br
+.B /usr/local/plan9/bin/adict
.SH BUGS
A font with wide coverage of the Unicode Standard
should be used for best results.