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DING(1) 			Debian GNU/Linux			 DING(1)

NAME
     ding - dictionary lookup program for Unix

SYNOPSIS
     ding [options] [phrase]

DESCRIPTION
     ding  is  a  dictionary  lookup program for X Windows/Unix. It comes with a
     German-English dictionary with about 345,000 entries.

     It is based on Tk version >= 8.3 and uses the agrep(1)  or  egrep(1)  tools
     for searching.

     In addition to this ding can also search using ispell(1) and dict(1).

     It  has  many  configuration options, such as search preferences, interface
     language (English or German), colors. It has history and help functions and
     comes with useful key and mouse bindings for quick and easy lookups.

     If you enter some word or phrase as command line argument, ding will  start
     up with a translation of this word/phrase.

OPTIONS
     -x, --selection
	    Start searching for selected word (X selection).

     -m, --mini
	    Start with minimal size (search form only).

     -r, --remote
	    Start search in an already running program.

     -R, --remote-new
	    Start search in an already running program or start a new program.

     --noconf
	    Do not save preferences

     -D #, --debug #
	    Start with debug output, # = number (1..15).

USAGE
     It's  very  simple:  Start ding (via KDE menu "Tools" or via command line),
     type in search word, press ENTER, read results. Search further  by  double-
     clicking a word, or select a word in another window and drop it by clicking
     with mouse button 2 over the "ding window". For further information consult
     the program help by pressing F1.

SEE ALSO
     agrep(1), egrep(1), ispell(1), ding(1).
     https://www.tu-chemnitz.de/~fri/ding/
     /usr/share/doc/ding/html/index.html

AUTHOR
     ding was written by Frank Richter <frank.richter@hrz.tu-chemnitz.de>.

     This manual page was written by Roland Rosenfeld <roland@spinnaker.de>, for
     the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

Debian Project			  October 2005				 DING(1)

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