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From: "Andreas Röhler" <andreas.roehler@easy-emacs.de>
To: Water Lin <WaterLin@ymail.invalid>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Can I build a dictionary in my Emacs?
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:43:40 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4B12424C.30301@easy-emacs.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87vdgyx9lb.fsf@ymail.invalid>

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Water Lin wrote:
> I want to build a dictionary in my Emacs. So I can put my specific
> words, expressions and their meanings into it.
> 
> By doing this, when I need them, I don't need to google them out again.
> 
> I don't know if it is suitable to call it dictionary, but it likes
> dictionary.
> 
> Any good suggestions?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Water Lin
> 

Attached an acronym.el, build upon Michael Olson's wtf-is.el.
It stores and displays acronyms with their meaning.
Maybe it delivers the form you need.

Also I send an example data file.

HTH


Andreas

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      parent reply	other threads:[~2009-11-29  9:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-11-26  3:12 Can I build a dictionary in my Emacs? Water Lin
2009-11-26 11:00 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2009-11-26 11:54   ` Lennart Borgman
2009-11-26 22:14 ` Tim X
2009-11-27  8:32   ` Water Lin
2009-11-27 11:37   ` Colin S. Miller
2009-11-27 22:50     ` Tim X
2009-11-28  3:07 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-12-03 18:22   ` Drew Adams
2009-11-29  9:43 ` Andreas Röhler [this message]

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