DICTClient used to be known as asdict.

Copyright
These routines are licensed for usage and redistribution under The GNU Library General Public License

How do I use it?

• Download the source and tar zxvf it. cd into the DICTClient-* directory.
• Edit the Makefile to your needs. DICTClient comes with two test program (test.cc, wordnet.cc) which explains how DICTClient could be used.
• DICTClient has the following methods:
  • DICTClient() - Constructor
    Argument: nothing
    Description: The default constructor. Creates an DICTClient object which is going to use the host dict.org:2628 as the dict server.
    Example:

    	#include "DICTClient.hh"
    	.
    	.
    	.
    	DICTClient myDICTClient();
    

  • DICTClient(cost char * host, int port) - Constructor
    Argument: The first argument is a const char * and the second argument is an int.
    Description: Another constructor. This one creates an DICTClient object with is going to use host:port as the dict server.
    Example:

    	#include "DICTClient.h"
    	.
    	.
    	DICTClient myDICTClient("foo.fr", 2628);
    

  • void setHost(const char * host, int port)
    Argument: A const char * and an int.
    Description: A method that could be used to change the dict server after the DICTClient object has been created.
    Example:

    	#include "DICTClient.h"
    	.
    	.
    	DICTClient myDICTClient("foo.fr", 2628);
    	.
    	.
    	myDICTClient.setHost("dict.org", 2628);
    

  • The rest of the documentation is being written. In the meantime see the example files that DICTClient ships with.

Software using DICTClient
The following software are known to use the DICTClient library:

• gaspell

Feedback
If you use this code, please email me your comments and suggestions. Since this is purely voluntary work, any encouragement I get goes a long way in motivating me to keep working on these.