jiro@shaman.com (Jiro Nakamura) (05/21/91)
Hiya Some of you old timers may remember "define", a program I made up one lazy afternoon. Well, it broke in System 2.0 and finally one old-timer (no names mentioned, *Paul*) got me to finally fix it. I've placed the binaries for the System 1.0 and 2.0 releases on cs.orst.edu and nova.cc.purdue. edu for anonymous FTP. Please snarf them at your convenience. Source *is* included, but it won't help you none unless you have libtext.a and libbtree.a from NeXT Tech Support. Also, Steve Hayman's program "addfulltextindex" is included with the release. This program "fixes" the thesaurus so that it works with define and other console type Webster programs. This is also included in binary and source form so that people with the non-extended release can use them too. Enjoy! - Jiro Nakamura jiro@shaman.com // What is define? // // Define is a program for people who hate having Webster's take up // a full dock space, or for people who telnet or rlogin into NeXTs // often and require the dictionary, but have no way of accessing it. // Yes, you've guessed it, define is a command line version of // Webster's dictionary, sans the pictures, but it does have all the // definitions and synonyms/antonyms available. // To use: // localhost> define doggy // Defining <doggy> with Webster-Dictionary. // -------------------------------- // 1dog-gy // or dog-gie \'doG-geE\ n, pl doggies // (1825) // :a small dog // -------------------------------- // 2dog-gy \'doG-geE\ dog-gi-er; -est // (1859) // 1: concerned with or fond of dogs <a book for doggy experts> // 2: resembling or suggestive of a dog <doggy odor> // 3: STYLISH, SHOWY -- Jiro Nakamura jiro@shaman.com Shaman Consulting (607) 253-0687 VOICE "Bring your dead, dying shamans here!" (607) 253-7809 FAX/Modem