From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jean Louis Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: A proposal for a friendlier Emacs Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2020 07:55:21 +0000 Message-ID: References: <91bb3e347d5caed9487a2cd8e6d0db04@condition-alpha.com> <4deb019b-8034-4f18-9bd6-98424a0f09ee@default> <916af7e9-961b-44e5-ab11-0f128f52a8fe@default> <39133459-6582-4772-b2bf-03eb123cb22b@default> <20200928220307.GD18207@protected.rcdrun.com> <83ft71l3cf.fsf@gnu.org> <20200929041613.GH18207@protected.rcdrun.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="4914"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: eliz@gnu.org, alexander.adolf@condition-alpha.com, rms@gnu.org, drew.adams@oracle.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: ams@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Sep 29 10:07:23 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kNAfT-0001Bh-IN for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 29 Sep 2020 10:07:23 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:52330 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kNAfS-00064B-Ix for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 29 Sep 2020 04:07:22 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:37116) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kNAU4-0003tH-RO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Sep 2020 03:55:36 -0400 Original-Received: from stw1.rcdrun.com ([217.170.207.13]:43835) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kNAU3-0006de-6D; Tue, 29 Sep 2020 03:55:36 -0400 Original-Received: from [10.152.219.7] ([::ffff:41.210.141.134]) (AUTH: PLAIN admin, TLS: TLS1.2,256bits,ECDHE_RSA_CHACHA20_POLY1305) by stw1.rcdrun.com with ESMTPSA id 000000000007E025.000000005F72E873.00004CD9; Tue, 29 Sep 2020 00:55:30 -0700 In-Reply-To: Received-SPF: pass client-ip=217.170.207.13; envelope-from=bugs@gnu.support; helo=stw1.rcdrun.com X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/09/29 00:16:20 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, SPF_HELO_PASS=-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:256674 Archived-At: Function to look up word definitions would use GNU dico of installed, or di= ct software, or www solution as fallback=2E Dico and dict would use local dictionary or remote one as fallback=2E Function should be accessible by key and menu and it would act on word at = point or region=2E Accessible dictionary through Emacs would empower users=2E No need to ship dictionary with Emacs=2E That function exists for glossary is great=2E Yet to help user, it should = be integrated in reading of info or otherwise made better known, as what is= not known or integrated is not as useful=2E Emacs info could for example tell somewhere at beginning that technical wo= rds could be looked up by using M-x search-emacs-glossary On September 29, 2020 7:19:02 AM UTC, ams@gnu=2Eorg wrote: >It would be unrealistic for each program to include a copy of the >English dictionary=2E For looking up words specific to Emacs, there >already is a function to do that: search-emacs-glossary