mate-dictionary(1)

✨ mate-dictionary ✨

okay so bestie, you know when you're reading something and a word just jumps out and ruins your whole vibe? yeah. this is the fix. it's the mate-dictionary page from the General Commands Manual and it's literally about looking up words. no cap.

🌸 NAME 🌸

mate-dictionary — look up words on dictionaries 💖

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

mate-dictionary
mate-dictionary [options]

or, and this is the cute GUI route, you can just select Dictionary from the Accessories submenu of the Applications menu. slay. 🦋

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

MATE Dictionary gives you dictionary definitions of words, using a dictionary source. that's the whole job. it's giving helpful. it's giving scholar. 👑

For the full documentation, go see the MATE Dictionary online help. iykyk. ✨

🌈 OPTIONS 🌈

• --look-up word — looks up the specified word using the pre-defined dictionary source. one word, one destiny. 🔥
• --match word — matches one or more words using the pre-defined dictionary source. it's the "hmm what was that word" energy.
• -s source or --source source — uses the specified source for looking up words. heads up tho: this does not affect the global settings. it's a one-time thing, a little treat, not a commitment. 💅
• -n or --no-window — using this switch together with the --look-up will print the definitions found on the console without launching the GUI. terminal girlies, this one's for you. 🖥️✨
• -D database or --database database — use the specified database for looking up words. and same as before: this does not affect the global settings. 🙈
• --help — displays help information. when in doubt, ask. 🫶

🧚 CONFIGURATION 🧚

All the configuration is handled using GSettings. that's it. that's the whole section. keep it moving bestie. 💜

⭐ AUTHOR ⭐

MATE Dictionary was originally written by Spiros Papadimitriou (<spapadim+@cs.cmu.edu>), Mike Hughes (<mfh@psilord.com>) and Bradford Hovinen (<hovinen@udel.edu>). legends, all three. 👑

Emmanuele Bassi (<ebassi@gmail.com>) rewrote it from scratch. from. scratch. main character energy fr fr. 🔥

This manual page was originally written by Jochen Voss <voss@mathematik.uni-kl.de>. 🎀

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

dict(1), dictd(8), http://www.dict.org/, RFC 2229 🌸

and that's the page!! every flag, every email, every setting — all accounted for. no details were harmed in the making of this manual. 💖

mate-utils 1.10.2 · Jul 11 2015 — yeah bestie, that's the source, the version, and the date, all wrapped up in a little bow. mwah. 💅🎀✨