cog_asra@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Stephen Anderson) (04/07/89)
My apologies for (a) local duplication of this article; and (b) the possible inappropriateness of this newsgroup. But I don't know where else to ask. Due in part, I'm sure, to the fact that the recently posted versions of webster.el (to make enquiries of a webster dictionary server from within GNUemacs) encode a server at Boston University, that server is apparently about to be disabled. Since net connections to sri-nic.arpa and purdue are often not stable enough to be good for interactive things like webster, I would like to know whether there are other sites running such a server. This would make it possible to (a) replace use of the machine at BU; and (b) spread the load around. Are there any machines out there that are willing to provide this service (and also to admit it :-) )? Steve Anderson Cognitive Science Center The Johns Hopkins University anderson@sapir.cog.jhu.edu anderson@cs.jhu.edu cog_asra@jhunix (BITNET, but it usually doesn't work)
grunwald@flute.cs.uiuc.edu (04/08/89)
*sigh* - too much of a good thing. I'm sorry now that I left any addresses in the ``webster.el'' files I sent out. Our local computer center looked into establishing a webster server; the people at SRI-NIC told them that the old version of the code that they knew about ran under TOPS-20 or TWENEX or something obscure (at least to us, since we don't have any '20s). Anyone know of a UNIX implementation? -- Dirk Grunwald Univ. of Illinois grunwald@flute.cs.uiuc.edu
matt@oddjob.uchicago.edu (Matt Crawford) (04/13/89)
grunwald@flute.cs.uiuc.edu writes:
) Our local computer center looked into establishing a webster server;
) the people at SRI-NIC told them that the old version of the code that
) they knew about ran under TOPS-20 or TWENEX or something obscure
)
) Anyone know of a UNIX implementation?
No, but I can get you a DEC-20 real cheap ...przemek@rrdstrad.nist.gov (Przemek Klosowski) (04/04/91)
Hello! I picked up ``webster.el'' from the net: it is an Emacs interface to Webster dictionary servers, allowing to retrieve the definition and spelling. The idea is great, but when I tried to use it, neither of the Internet addresses given in the text of ``webster.el'' (bu-it.bu.edu and sri.nic) seemed to work as a Webster server. I found out that bu-it.bu.edu has discontinued the ftp services, so I tried its replacement, bu.edu---no luck there either. Please pass me on any information on this topic you might have. PLEASE E-MAIL if possible. Greetings -- przemek klosowski (przemek@ndcvx.cc.nd.edu) Physics Department University of Notre Dame IN 46556