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";
19 my $server = "127.0.0.1";
23 # return unless &::loadPerlModule("IO::Socket");
25 my $proto = getprotobyname('tcp');
36 # TODO: make strict-safe constants... so we can defer IO::Socket load.
37 my $socket = new IO::Socket;
38 socket($socket, PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, $proto) or return "error: socket: $!";
40 local $SIG{ALRM} = sub { die "alarm" };
42 connect($socket, sockaddr_in($port, inet_aton($server))) or die "error: connect: $!";
48 $retval = "i could not get info from $server '$@'";
50 $socket->autoflush(1); # required.
53 if ($query =~ s/^(\d+)\s+//) {
58 push(@results, &Dict_Wordnet($socket,$query));
59 push(@results, &Dict_Foldoc($socket,$query));
62 print $socket "QUIT\n";
65 my $total = scalar @results;
71 if (defined $num and ($num > $total or $num < 1)) {
72 &::msg($::who, "error: choice in definition is out of range.");
79 $retval = sprintf("[%d/%d] %s", $num, $total, $results[$num-1]);
81 # suggested by larne and others.
82 my $prefix = "Dictionary '$query' ";
83 $retval = &::formListReply(1, $prefix, @results);
85 } elsif ($total == 1) {
86 $retval = "Dictionary '$query' ".$results[0];
88 $retval = "could not find definition for \002$query\002";
92 &::performStrictReply($retval);
96 my ($socket, $query) = @_;
99 &::status("Dict: asking Wordnet.");
100 print $socket "DEFINE wn \"$query\"\n";
109 &::DEBUG("got '$_'");
110 if ($_ eq ".") { # end of def.
111 push(@results, $def);
112 } elsif (/^250 /) { # stats.
114 } elsif (/^552 no match/) { # no match.
116 } elsif (/^\s+(\S+ )?(\d+)?: (.*)/) { # start of sub def.
119 ### &::DEBUG("def => '$def'.");
120 push(@results, $def) if ($def ne "");
123 if (0) { # old non-fLR format.
124 $def = "$query $wordtype: $text" if (defined $text);
125 $wordtype = substr($1,0,-1) if (defined $1);
126 ### &::DEBUG("_ => '$_'.") if (!defined $text);
129 } elsif (/^\s+(.*)/) {
132 $def =~ s/\[.*?\]$//g;
136 &::status("Dict: wordnet: found ". scalar(@results) ." defs.");
138 return if (!scalar @results);
144 my ($socket,$query) = @_;
147 &::status("Dict: asking Foldoc.");
148 print $socket "DEFINE foldoc \"$query\"\n";
156 &::DEBUG("got '$_'");
157 return if /^552 /; # no match.
160 $firsttime-- if ($_ eq "");
164 last if (/^250/ or /^\.$/); # stats; end of def.
166 s/^\s+|\s+$//g; # each line.
168 if ($_ eq "") { # sub def separator.
169 $string =~ s/^\s+|\s+$//g; # sub def.
170 $string =~ s/[{}]//g;
172 next if ($string eq "");
174 push(@results, $string);
181 &::status("Dict: foldoc: found ". scalar(@results) ." defs.");
183 return if (!scalar @results);
184 pop @results; # last def is date of entry.