From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: English dictionary with definitions. Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 07:07:54 -0800 Message-ID: <85E794E5C8254A249DDA9726115FB34B@us.oracle.com> References: <3244976.3153221291021573445.JavaMail.www@wwinf4629> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1291043315 30389 80.91.229.12 (29 Nov 2010 15:08:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 15:08:35 +0000 (UTC) To: , Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 29 16:08:31 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PN5L8-0000rP-78 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:08:27 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40589 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PN5L7-0001Mo-6J for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 29 Nov 2010 10:08:25 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=48187 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PN5Kx-0001LW-4e for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Nov 2010 10:08:16 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PN5Kw-0005tf-2P for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Nov 2010 10:08:15 -0500 Original-Received: from rcsinet10.oracle.com ([148.87.113.121]:36212) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PN5Kv-0005tR-TY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Nov 2010 10:08:14 -0500 Original-Received: from acsinet15.oracle.com (acsinet15.oracle.com [141.146.126.227]) by rcsinet10.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.2/Switch-3.4.2) with ESMTP id oATF8BZH012841 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Mon, 29 Nov 2010 15:08:12 GMT Original-Received: from acsmt355.oracle.com (acsmt355.oracle.com [141.146.40.155]) by acsinet15.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.2/Switch-3.4.1) with ESMTP id oATEwQFB002864; Mon, 29 Nov 2010 15:08:09 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt015.oracle.com by acsmt353.oracle.com with ESMTP id 821913111291043284; Mon, 29 Nov 2010 07:08:04 -0800 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/10.159.19.237) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Mon, 29 Nov 2010 07:08:03 -0800 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <3244976.3153221291021573445.JavaMail.www@wwinf4629> Thread-Index: AcuPpK2XjAh8/wduTvupsPVIVXXi+wAMdctQ X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5994 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:133230 Archived-At: > > > I wish to ask you what is the best choice for an English > > > dictionary with definitions. > > > > There probably is no "best choice". > > > > For American English, "American Heritage Dictionary" is > quite good, especially > > its comparative treatment of usage for synonyms and other > related words. > > > > Where can I find it in emacs ? Dunno; you probably cannot. (You didn't mention anything about that.) I thought you were just looking for a (physical book) dictionary. But on Emacs Wiki I believe there are several Emacs commands (libraries) that let you get to online dictionaries. ---- If you want access to a thesaurus within Emacs, you can use synonyms.el. I use it with an English thesaurus, but I know that it is also used with a German thesaurus by some. The Emacs library is separate from the thesaurus file, which needs to be plain text, comma-separated. http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/Synonyms http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/synonyms.el