Re: Dictionary search extension

[Reinout van Schouwen <reinout cs vu nl>]

Hello Jean-François,

> How:  Simply select the word of which you want to know the meaning. Then
> right click and select "Dictionary->My dictionary". A new window will
> open with the meaning or translation of the word you selected.

It would make sense for this extension to cooperate with the GNOME
dictionary applet.
I've filed a related RFE bug once:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=116749

Also, I remember a bug I filed which I can't find back right now about
being able to apply smart bookmarks to selected text. This would render
the dictionary extension almost unnecessary, but IIRC there were some
technical obstacles.

Anyway IMHO a dictionary extension should be able to  use the dictionary
source defined in the dictionary lookup applet. Perhaps this should even
be a GNOME-wide setting?

> There is no UI at time. But would be easy to develop.

It already exists :) => GNOME dictionary.

regards,

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