[lojban-beginners] Re: DICT server -- specifying dictionary

[Jay F Kominek <jkominek@miranda.org>]

On Sun, Apr 23, 2006 at 12:05:48PM -0400, Todd Willey wrote:
> I've been trying to create an interface for querying the dict server
> on www.lojban.org but I'm having trouble with the DEFINE <database>
> <word> command.  The only valid database seems to be "*" wich is all
> databases.  Everytime I try "en<->lbo", "!", or any othere database I
> get "501 Syntax error, illegal parameters".  I was wondering if there
> was something I needed to do get this working, or who I could talk to
> about the dict interface.

The "!" database isn't implemented (in violation of the RFC, I'll admit).
But the other databases should and seem to work just fine, as Arnt has
pointed out.

If you have further questions about the DICT interface, feel free to
email me directly, as I'm responsible for it.

-- 
Jay Kominek <jkominek@miranda.org>