2 # Dict.pl: Frontend to dict.org.
4 # Version: v0.6c (20000924).
7 # see http://luetzschena-stahmeln.de/dictd/
8 # for a list of dict servers
15 #use vars qw(PF_INET);
17 # need a specific host||ip.
18 my $server = "dict.org";
22 # return unless &::loadPerlModule("IO::Socket");
24 my $proto = getprotobyname('tcp');
35 # TODO: make strict-safe constants... so we can defer IO::Socket load.
36 my $socket = new IO::Socket;
37 socket($socket, PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, $proto) or return "error: socket: $!";
39 local $SIG{ALRM} = sub { die "alarm" };
41 connect($socket, sockaddr_in($port, inet_aton($server))) or die "error: connect: $!";
47 $retval = "i could not get info from $server '$@'";
49 $socket->autoflush(1); # required.
52 if ($query =~ s/^(\d+)\s+//) {
57 push(@results, &Dict_Wordnet($socket,$query));
58 push(@results, &Dict_Foldoc($socket,$query));
61 print $socket "QUIT\n";
64 my $total = scalar @results;
70 if (defined $num and ($num > $total or $num < 1)) {
71 &::msg($::who, "error: choice in definition is out of range.");
78 $retval = sprintf("[%d/%d] %s", $num, $total, $results[$num-1]);
80 # suggested by larne and others.
81 my $prefix = "Dictionary '$query' ";
82 $retval = &::formListReply(1, $prefix, @results);
84 } elsif ($total == 1) {
85 $retval = "Dictionary '$query' ".$results[0];
87 $retval = "could not find definition for \002$query\002";
91 &::performStrictReply($retval);
95 my ($socket, $query) = @_;
98 &::status("Dict: asking Wordnet.");
99 print $socket "DEFINE wn \"$query\"\n";
108 &::DEBUG("got '$_'");
109 if ($_ eq ".") { # end of def.
110 push(@results, $def);
111 } elsif (/^250 /) { # stats.
113 } elsif (/^552 no match/) { # no match.
115 } elsif (/^\s+(\S+ )?(\d+)?: (.*)/) { # start of sub def.
118 ### &::DEBUG("def => '$def'.");
119 push(@results, $def) if ($def ne "");
122 if (0) { # old non-fLR format.
123 $def = "$query $wordtype: $text" if (defined $text);
124 $wordtype = substr($1,0,-1) if (defined $1);
125 ### &::DEBUG("_ => '$_'.") if (!defined $text);
128 } elsif (/^\s+(.*)/) {
131 $def =~ s/\[.*?\]$//g;
135 &::status("Dict: wordnet: found ". scalar(@results) ." defs.");
137 return if (!scalar @results);
143 my ($socket,$query) = @_;
146 &::status("Dict: asking Foldoc.");
147 print $socket "DEFINE foldoc \"$query\"\n";
155 &::DEBUG("got '$_'");
156 return if /^552 /; # no match.
159 $firsttime-- if ($_ eq "");
163 last if (/^250/ or /^\.$/); # stats; end of def.
165 s/^\s+|\s+$//g; # each line.
167 if ($_ eq "") { # sub def separator.
168 $string =~ s/^\s+|\s+$//g; # sub def.
169 $string =~ s/[{}]//g;
171 next if ($string eq "");
173 push(@results, $string);
180 &::status("Dict: foldoc: found ". scalar(@results) ." defs.");
182 return if (!scalar @results);
183 pop @results; # last def is date of entry.