Emacs package for talking to a dictionary server, which can be used to
access several dictionaries using a simple protocol as defined in RFC
2229 (Text Version).
The dictionary mode provides the following features:
* looking up word definitions in all dictionaries
* search for matching word
* words/phrases marked with { } in the dictionary definitions are recognized
as hyper links and browseable
* easy selection of dictionary and search strategy
* backward moving through the visited definitions
* in the latest versions of GNU Emacs and XEmacs you get support for popup
menus
* in GNU Emacs 21 and XEmacs 21 you can lookup words by simply pointing the
mouse cursor to them (tool-tips)
* supports HTTP proxies for port forwarding
* supports dictionaries which are not encoded as utf-8
Binary packages can be installed with the high-level tool pkgin (which can be installed with pkg_add) or pkg_add(1) (installed by default). The NetBSD packages collection is also designed to permit easy installation from source.
The pkg_admin audit command locates any installed package which has been mentioned in security advisories as having vulnerabilities.
Please note the vulnerabilities database might not be fully accurate, and not every bug is exploitable with every configuration.
Problem reports, updates or suggestions for this package should be reported with send-pr.