DING(1)			       Debian GNU/Linux			       DING(1)

NAME
       ding - dictionary lookup program for Unix

SYNOPSIS
       ding [options] [phrase]

DESCRIPTION
       ding is a dictionary lookup program for X Windows/Unix. It comes with a
       German-English dictionary with about 345,000 entries.

       It  is  based  on  Tk  version >= 8.3 and uses the agrep(1) or egrep(1)
       tools for searching.

       In addition to this ding can also search using ispell(1) and dict(1).

       It has many configuration options, such as search  preferences,	inter-
       face  language  (English	 or  German),  colors. It has history and help
       functions and comes with useful key and mouse bindings  for  quick  and
       easy lookups.

       If  you	enter  some word or phrase as command line argument, ding will
       start up with a translation of this word/phrase.

OPTIONS
       -x, --selection
	      Start searching for selected word (X selection).

       -m, --mini
	      Start with minimal size (search form only).

       -r, --remote
	      Start search in an already running program.

       -R, --remote-new
	      Start search in an already running program or start a  new  pro-
	      gram.

       --noconf
	      Do not save preferences

       -D #, --debug #
	      Start with debug output, # = number (1..15).

USAGE
       It's  very  simple:  Start  ding	 (via  KDE menu "Tools" or via command
       line), type in search word, press ENTER, read results.  Search  further
       by  double-clicking a word, or select a word in another window and drop
       it by clicking with mouse button 2 over the "ding window". For  further
       information consult the program help by pressing F1.

SEE ALSO
       agrep(1), egrep(1), ispell(1), ding(1).
       https://www.tu-chemnitz.de/~fri/ding/
       /usr/share/doc/ding/html/index.html

AUTHOR
       ding was written by Frank Richter <frank.richter@hrz.tu-chemnitz.de>.

       This manual page was written by Roland Rosenfeld <roland@spinnaker.de>,
       for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

Debian Project			 October 2005			       DING(1)
