From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Can I build a dictionary in my Emacs? Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:07:25 -0500 Organization: UseNetServer.com Message-ID: References: <87vdgyx9lb.fsf@ymail.invalid> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1259379656 1908 80.91.229.12 (28 Nov 2009 03:40:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:40:56 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Nov 28 04:40:50 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NEEAx-0006ag-K4 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:40:47 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51968 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NEEAx-0001Lh-5Z for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:40:47 -0500 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!usenet.stanford.edu!news.glorb.com!news2.glorb.com!npeer02.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!post02.iad.highwinds-media.com!TEKSAVVY.COM-Free-a2kHrUvQQWlmc!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:fJi4Xj9mlmqeC9qiddC9wCb8YOQ= Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@usenetserver.com Original-Lines: 9 Original-X-Trace: e633e4b1093ede000229a09673 Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:175131 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:70205 Archived-At: > I want to build a dictionary in my Emacs. So I can put my specific > words, expressions and their meanings into it. Why not just use a plain text file, with one definition per line. Set it up with (setq word-wrap t) and (setq wrap-prefix " "). Then just search with C-s and add definitions in the obvious way. Stefan