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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:249986 Archived-At: > - Starting executables from Dired under Windows (for example with S- > RET, OK, there's this package dired-launch). Just use `!'. Customize option `dired-guess-shell-alist-user' so it associates the executable you want with the file extension you want. When you hit `!' on a file with that extension you get the program you want as the default - just hit `RET'. You need (standard) library `dired-x.el' for this. > - Some Dictionary access, in the vain of ispell, when reading, writing > and browsing. This wiki page has lots of such (search for "dict"): https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/CategoryInterface And this wiki page has thesauri (synonyms) libraries: https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/ThesauriAndSynonyms