XFCE4-DICT(1)

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version 0.8.10 · 2 versions
, in arch rolling, debian trixie, fedora 43, fedora 44, nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable, opensuse-leap 16.0, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

🎀 XFCE4-DICT 🎀

okay bestie, this is the manual page for xfce4-dict — the dictionary app for Xfce, and this particular page is for xfce4-dict 0.8.7git-6f10536 (Xfce 4.18). yes the version string is that long. we love a detailed queen. 💅

💖 NAME 💖

xfce4-dict — manual page for xfce4-dict 0.8.7git-6f10536 (Xfce 4.18)

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

✨ Usage:

xfce4-dict [OPTION?] [TEXT]

so you give it some options, you give it some TEXT, and it does the thing. that's the whole vibe. 🦋

🩷 Help Options:

  • -h, --help — shows the help options, i.e. the "what do I even do" list. iconic of it tbh.
  • --help-all — shows all the help options, not just the ones above. the full lore. 📖
  • --help-gtk — shows the GTK+ Options. yes GTK has its own options, and yes you can peek at them.

💜 Application Options:

  • -d, --dict — search the given text using a Dict server (RFC 2229). a whole protocol for this. no cap.
  • -w, --web — search the given text using a web-based search engine. taking it to the internet, periodt.
  • -s, --spell — check the given text with a spell checker. your typos are on notice bestie 🔥
  • -t, --text-field — grab the focus on the text field in the panel. main character energy for the cursor.
  • -i, --ignore-plugin — start the stand-alone application even if the panel plugin is loaded. it said "not today, plugin". 🙈
  • -c, --clipboard — grabs the PRIMARY selection content and uses it as the search text. yes, PRIMARY, not the regular clipboard. iykyk. 🫶
  • -v, --verbose — be verbose. spill the tea, tell us everything.
  • -V, --version — show version information. (that's capital V, lowercase v is the chatty one, don't mix them up 💀)
  • --display=DISPLAY — X display to use. give it the DISPLAY you want, not the vibes you want.

Copyright © 2006-2023

Xfce Development Team

Please report bugs to <https://gitlab.xfce.org/apps/xfce4-dict>.

bestie if something breaks, that link right there is the move. bugs go to the GitLab, not to the group chat. 💌

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

The full documentation for xfce4-dict is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and xfce4-dict programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info xfce4-dict

should give you access to the complete manual.

and that's the whole page, gorgeous. this one's xfce4-dict 0.8.7git-6f10536 (X...), dated October 2024 — go look up a word, you deserve it. 💖✨🎀

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