DING(1)

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version 1.9 · 3 versions
, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, opensuse-leap 16.0, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 DING(1) 💖

okay bestie, gather round — this is the manual page for ding from the Debian GNU/Linux fam, and yes it's giving dictionary-girlie main character energy. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

ding — dictionary lookup program for Unix 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

ding [options] [phrase]

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

So ding is a dictionary lookup program for X Windows/Unix. It literally ships with a German-English dictionary with about 345,000 entries, which is, no exaggeration, iconic. 👑

It's built on Tk version >= 8.3, and for the searching part it uses agrep(1) or egrep(1). The way it just delegates like that? Slay.

On top of all that, ding can also search using ispell(1) and dict(1). Not me having options. 🙈

It's got many configuration options, bestie — search preferences, interface language (English or German), colors, the whole vibe. Plus history and help functions, and useful key and mouse bindings so your lookups stay quick and easy. Periodt.

Oh and here's the fun part: if you enter some word or phrase as a command line argument, ding will start up with a translation of this word/phrase. Fr fr, it just does it for you. ✨

🔥 OPTIONS 🔥

  • -x, --selection — Start searching for selected word (X selection). 👀
  • -m, --mini — Start with minimal size (search form only). Tiny window, big energy. 🍓
  • -r, --remote — Start search in an already running program. No new window, just slide in. 💅
  • -R, --remote-new — Start search in an already running program or start a new program. Options, we love to see it.
  • --noconf — Do not save preferences. Live in the moment, don't commit. 💀
  • -D #, --debug # — Start with debug output, # = number (1..15). For when you need to see everything. 🔍

🫶 USAGE 🫶

It's very simple, bestie:

  1. Start ding — via the KDE menu "Tools" or via command line, whichever vibe you're on.
  2. Type in search word.
  3. Press ENTER.
  4. Read results. That's it, that's the whole thing. ✨

Want to search further? Double-click a word. 🦋

Or select a word in another window and drop it by clicking with mouse button 2 over the "ding window". Literally drag-and-drop lore.

For further information, consult the program help by pressing F1. Go on, press it, it's right there. 😭

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

https://www.tu-chemnitz.de/~fri/ding/

/usr/share/doc/ding/html/index.html

💜 AUTHOR 💜

ding was written by Frank Richter <frank.richter@hrz.tu-chemnitz.de>. 👑

This manual page was written by Roland Rosenfeld <roland@spinnaker.de>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). Not gatekeeping, we love that for them. 🫶

and that's the whole page, bestie — brought to you by the Debian Project, dated October 2005. yes the date is ancient, no we don't care, it still ate. 💖✨🎀

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