From LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU Sat May 14 11:41:18 1994
Message-Id: <199405141541.AA14660@nfs1.digex.net>
Date: Sat May 14 11:41:18 1994
Reply-To: Gerald Koenig <jlk@NETCOM.COM>
Sender: Lojban list <LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET>
From: Gerald Koenig <jlk@NETCOM.COM>
Subject:      Word Look-up
X-To:         lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu
To: Bob LeChevalier <lojbab@access.digex.net>
Status: RO

I have at last found a way to look up lojban words while
reading the list.  Here it is for those like myself who
find their lack of computer skills a problem learning
lojban.
First the cmavo and gismu definitions are downloaded
from ra.cs.yale.edu. into your home directory.
The example sentence is "mi tcidu le do se mrilu"
by Bruc Mardle. Enter the following command without
the outermost brackets to  see a main definition of
each of the words in the sentence:

& [!egrep '^mi  |^tcidu  |^le   |^do  |^se  |^mrilu ' gismu cmavo]

This is from the mail prompt "&". The spacing is really critical.
There must be no space after the "|". Some space after each
word sought helps select the main definition. The "^" positions
the search at the left margin where the main definitins start.
"gismu" and "cmavo" are the names of the files which contain
the same.  ~?

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