2 # Dict.pl: Frontend to dict.org.
4 # Version: v0.6c (20000924).
13 my $server = "dict.org"; # need a specific host||ip.
15 my $proto = getprotobyname('tcp');
17 ###local $SIG{ALRM} = sub { die "alarm\n" };
21 ### return unless &::loadPerlModule("IO::Socket");
22 my $socket = new IO::Socket;
32 socket($socket, PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, $proto) or return "error: socket: $!";
35 connect($socket, sockaddr_in($port, inet_aton($server))) or return "error: connect: $!";
40 if ($@ && $@ ne "alarm\n") { # failure.
41 $retval = "i could not get info from dict.org";
43 $socket->autoflush(1); # required.
46 if ($query =~ s/^(\d+)\s+//) {
51 push(@results, &Dict_Wordnet($socket,$query));
52 push(@results, &Dict_Foldoc($socket,$query));
55 print $socket "QUIT\n";
58 my $total = scalar @results;
64 if (defined $num and ($num > $total or $num < 1)) {
65 &::msg($::who, "error: choice in definition is out of range.");
72 $retval = sprintf("[%d/%d] %s", $num, $total, $results[$num-1]);
74 # suggested by larne and others.
75 my $prefix = "Dictionary '$query' ";
76 $retval = &::formListReply(1, $prefix, @results);
78 } elsif ($total == 1) {
79 $retval = "Dictionary '$query' ".$results[0];
81 $retval = "could not find definition for \002$query\002";
85 &::performStrictReply($retval);
89 my ($socket, $query) = @_;
92 &::status("Dict: asking Wordnet.");
93 print $socket "DEFINE wn \"$query\"\n";
102 if ($_ eq ".") { # end of def.
103 push(@results, $def);
104 } elsif (/^250 /) { # stats.
106 } elsif (/^552 no match/) { # no match.
108 } elsif (/^\s+(\S+ )?(\d+)?: (.*)/) { # start of sub def.
111 ### &::DEBUG("def => '$def'.");
112 push(@results, $def) if ($def ne "");
115 if (0) { # old non-fLR format.
116 $def = "$query $wordtype: $text" if (defined $text);
117 $wordtype = substr($1,0,-1) if (defined $1);
118 ### &::DEBUG("_ => '$_'.") if (!defined $text);
121 } elsif (/^\s+(.*)/) {
124 $def =~ s/\[.*?\]$//g;
128 &::status("Dict: wordnet: found ". scalar(@results) ." defs.");
130 return if (!scalar @results);
136 my ($socket,$query) = @_;
139 &::status("Dict: asking Foldoc.");
140 print $socket "DEFINE foldoc \"$query\"\n";
148 return if /^552 /; # no match.
151 $firsttime-- if ($_ eq "");
155 last if (/^250/ or /^\.$/); # stats; end of def.
157 s/^\s+|\s+$//g; # each line.
159 if ($_ eq "") { # sub def separator.
160 $string =~ s/^\s+|\s+$//g; # sub def.
161 $string =~ s/[{}]//g;
163 next if ($string eq "");
165 push(@results, $string);
172 &::status("Dict: foldoc: found ". scalar(@results) ." defs.");
174 return if (!scalar @results);
175 pop @results; # last def is date of entry.