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That's all we know. X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, HTML_MESSAGE=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." 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:256859 Archived-At: --000000000000c411b205b09d4b13 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Has anyone checked if Wiktionary's quality is good? In my experience, Oxford dictionary are better than Meriam-Webster's dictionary. On Thu, Oct 1, 2020 at 10:08 AM Jean Louis wrote: > * Eli Zaretskii [2020-09-30 17:03]: > > > From: Richard Stallman > > > Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2020 00:37:33 -0400 > > > Cc: philipk@posteo.net, emacs-devel@gnu.org, spacibba@aol.com, > jamtlu@gmail.com, > > > dgutov@yandex.ru > > > > > > There IS a free English dictionary that people can download. It is > > > Wiktionary, packaged by kiwix. It uses a special format, .zim, that > > > is compact and suitable for searching. That project packages > > > Wiktionary for various languages. > > > > > > Does the dict program have the ability to access a dictionary > > > in that format? > > > > This site seems to offer a gateway between Wiktionary and DICT > > clients: > > > > https://hewgill.com/dict/ > > That is great, but... the database for Wiktionary shall be made > available, I have asked Greg, webmaster, to tell me where is such. > --000000000000c411b205b09d4b13 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Has a= nyone checked if Wiktionary's quality is good?

In my experience, Oxford dictionary are better th= an Meriam-Webster's dictionary.

On Thu, Oct 1, 2020 at 10:08 AM Je= an Louis <bugs@gnu.support> wrote:
* Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> [2020-09-30 17:03]:
> > From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
> > Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2020 00:37:33 -0400
> > Cc: phili= pk@posteo.net, emacs-devel@gnu.org, spacibba@aol.com, jamtlu@gmail.com,
> >=C2=A0 dguto= v@yandex.ru
> >
> > There IS a free English dictionary that people can download.=C2= =A0 It is
> > Wiktionary, packaged by kiwix.=C2=A0 It uses a special format, .z= im, that
> > is compact and suitable for searching.=C2=A0 That project package= s
> > Wiktionary for various languages.
> >
> > Does the dict program have the ability to access a dictionary
> > in that format?
>
> This site seems to offer a gateway between Wiktionary and DICT
> clients:
>
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 https://hewgill.com/dict/

That is great, but... the database for Wiktionary shall be made
available, I have asked Greg, webmaster, to tell me where is such.
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