english dictionary?

[david at kramer.ne.mediaone.net (David Kramer)]

On Fri, 30 Jun 2000, Ron Peterson wrote:

> Derek Martin wrote:
> > 
> > Today, Ron Peterson gleaned this insight:
> > 
> > > Anyone care to recommend a good english dictionary for use w/ Linux?
> > 
> > http://www.m-w.com
> 
> Anything I could use off-line?

That depends.  Are you looking for definitions or spellchecking?

If you just want spell checking, I would use ispell and words.  If you
need definitions, I would grab a text version from the Guttenberg project
et al.

-- 

-------------------------------------------------------------------
DDDD   David Kramer                   http://kramer.ne.mediaone.net
DK KD  
DKK D  Every non-key attribute depends on the key, the whole key,
DK KD  and nothing but the key, so help me Codd.
DDDD                                      (Sybase training class)

-
Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with
"subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" on the first line of the
message body to discuss-request at blu.org (Subject line is ignored).