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DICT_LOOKUP(1)							  DICT_LOOKUP(1)

NAME
     dict_lookup - DICT Protocol Client

SYNOPSIS
     dict_lookuop [options]

DESCRIPTION
     dict_lookup  reads  X  selection,	then open terminal emulator and run dict
     client in it allowing user to view content using pager.  It makes sense  to
     configure	launching  dict_lookup on a keyboard shortcut in the window man-
     ager.

OPTIONS
     -h     display help message.

     -x x   X coordinate of terminal emulator.

     -x Y   Y coordinate of terminal emulator.

     -s WxH
	    width and height of terminal emulator separated by 'x'.

     -q query
	    query, if it is specified, X selection is not read.

ENVIRONMENT
     dict_lookup recognizes the following environment  variables.   The  default
     value is specified in square brackets.

     D_AWK_PROG
	    AWK interpreter to use.  [awk]

     D_XCLIP_PROG
	    xclip application.	[xclip]

     D_XTERM_PROG
	    xterm or equivalent terminal emulator.  [xterm]

     D_UTF8_LOCALE
	    UTF-8 locale.  [en_US.UTF-8]

     D_DICT_PROG
	    Dictionary client program.	[dict]

     D_DICT_SERVER
	    Option for dictionary client specifying the server.  [-h dict.org]

     D_DICT_PORT
	    Option for dictionary client specifying the port.  [-p 2628]

     D_DICT_DB_OPT
	    Option for dictionary client specifying the database.  [-d foldoc]

     D_XTERM_CLASS
	    Option for terminal emulator specifying the class.	[-class XTerm]

     D_XTERM_NAME
	    Option   for   terminal   emulator	 specifying  the  name.   [-name
	    xterm_dict]

     D_XTERM_TITLE
	    Option  for  terminal  emulator  specifying  the   title.	 [-title
	    dict_lookup]

     D_TEXT_WIDTH
	    Program   calculating   text   width   for	 given	 text.	 [cyril-
	    lic_text_width]  cyrillic_text_width  doesn't  work  correctly   for
	    Japanese, Korean, Chinese and some other languages.

     D_TERM_X
	    Terminal emulator X coordinate.  [+200]

     D_TERM_Y
	    Terminal emulator Y coordinate.  [+200]

     D_TERM_H
	    Terminal emulator height.  [+40]

     D_PAGER
	    Pager.  [less]

SEE ALSO
     dict(1), less(1), xterm(1), dictd(8), http://www.dict.org, RFC 2229

				 9 January 2011 		  DICT_LOOKUP(1)

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