From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: roodwriter@core.com Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: thesaurus Date: 30 Dec 2005 21:14:33 -0500 Organization: Linux Private Site Message-ID: <87ek3uvwqe.fsf@linux.site> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1135995234 31676 80.91.229.2 (31 Dec 2005 02:13:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2005 02:13:54 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 31 03:13:53 2005 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EsWFj-0004GV-Lq for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 31 Dec 2005 03:13:51 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EsWHA-0001tS-La for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 30 Dec 2005 21:15:20 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!sn-xt-sjc-02!sn-xt-sjc-01!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Original-Lines: 20 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:136698 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:32317 Archived-At: Walter Mitty writes: > What thesaurus solution do you recommend for english language in > emacs? The mthesaur solution is ridiculously slow for me and I have no > idea how to speed it up. > > Thanks for any help. > > -- > Snow White's dwarfs become gnomes > -- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/4349726.stm > The world has gone mad. I couldn't get the mthesaur add-on to work for me either. Instead I just made a macro to copy the word and then search for it in the Roget's Thesaurus. For what it's worth. --Rod ______________________ Author of "Linux for Non-Geeks--Clear-eyed Answers for Practical Consumers" and "Boring Stories from Uncle Rod." To reply by e-mail take the second "o" out of the e-mail address.