Yet another dictionary program

[Stephen McCamant <alias@MCS.COM>]

The subject just about says it all. I've been fooling around with this
for a while, and it's time I let someone else use it.

Features:
  * Written in a portable scripting language, so you can run it on
    Macs, Windows 95/NT/3.1+Win32s, and Unix (including Linux)
  * Clickable `hyperlinks' for `see-also's
  * Uses the regular gismu list, so you don't have to download another
    weird-format database

Drawbacks:
  * Written in a portable scripting language, so you have to download
    a big interpreter
  * Simple user interface -- one word at a time
  * Uses the regular gismu list, so there aren't any cmavo, rafsi, or
    lujvo yet

What you need to download:
  * The Tcl/Tk interpreter.
    see http://sunscript.sun.com/TclTkCore/8.0.html
    There are binaries for Windows and Mac. A version also comes with
    most Linux distributions. I'm not sure if it will work with
    versions before Tcl7.4/Tk4.0.

  * The program itself.
    http://www.mcs.net/~alias/public_stuff/lojdict.txt
    Save it as plain text in a file with a `.tcl' extension
    (`lojdict.tcl').

  * The gismu list
    ftp://ftp.access.digex.net/pub/access/lojbab/wordlists/gismu
    A regular text file; `gismu' (no extention) is a good name.

The program and the gismu list should be in the same directory. On the
Mac, you also need to copy the `wish' program (the Tcl/Tk interpreter)
into the same folder too. If you called the gismu list something other
than `gismu', you'll need to edit the line in lojdict.tcl that starts
with `set dictionary' so that it names whatever you did call it. To
run the program:

Windows: Double click on the `lojdict.tcl' file.

Mac: Run the `wish' application, choose `Source' from the File menu,
and choose the `lojdict.tcl' file.

Unix: cd to the directory where you put the program and dictionary,
and say `wish -f lojdict.tcl'

You can customize the program by editing the `lojdict.tcl' file -- use
a plain text editor (e.g, SimpleText on a Mac, or Notepad on Windows).

If you have problems, I'd be more than happy to help.

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