[PLUG] Dict

[Marvin Kosmal]

On 10/23/10, Rogan Creswick <creswick at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 9:24 PM, Marvin Kosmal <mkosmal at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I can get it to work this way
>>
>> dict -h dict.tu-chemnitz.de word
>>
>> but, I haven't had to use the -h option in the past.
>
> dict.org appears to be down -- it's been this way for at least a day
> or two (I noticed it wasn't working earlier this week, but I don't
> recall when.) Googling also reveals that this is a widespread issue.
>
> Adding the dict server you found to /etc/dictd/dict.conf, right after
> localhost, made dict behave normally for me (modulo sending requests
> to Denmark, but that doesn't concern me overmuch. :)
>
> It *appears* that all three of the dict servers I had configured went
> down at the same time -- that seems like a particularly poor choice of
> defaults, but perhaps it's more complex than I realize.
>
> --Rogan
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Thank YOU

Marvin