Re: A proposal for a friendlier Emacs

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
> Cc: Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>,  alexander.adolf@condition-alpha.com,
>   rms@gnu.org,  drew.adams@oracle.com,  emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2020 21:36:52 +0300
> 
> > We already have "M-s M-w".
> >
> > Adding a specialized command to query DICT servers will also be a
> > welcome addition.
> 
> Anyone can already enable this feature easily in own init file with:
> 
> (when (require 'dictem nil t)
>   ;; (setq dictem-server "dict.org")
>   ;; (setq dictem-server "mova.org")
>   (setq dictem-server "localhost")
>   (setq dictem-port   "2628")
>   (dictem-initialize)
>   (global-set-key "\M-s\M-d" 'dictem-run-search))

That only works on Posix systems.  We should have a DICT client
implemented in Emacs Lisp, perhaps based on dictionary.el.