From cf4ea310724f02aa2d494a7cdfdb22870bd15f7a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adrian Kummerlaender
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2016 22:26:04 +0100
Subject: Add custom `rofi_dict` script

Uses `rofi` to provide an easily accessible dictionary prompt backed by `dict`.
---
 bin/rofi_dict | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 bin/rofi_dict

(limited to 'bin')

diff --git a/bin/rofi_dict b/bin/rofi_dict
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4124754
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/rofi_dict
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+terminal="urxvtc -title dictionary -borderwidth 10 -e"
+tmpfile="/tmp/ddict.lookup.$$"
+word=$(cat /usr/share/dict/words | rofi -dmenu -p 'dict:')
+
+while [[ $word != "" ]]; do
+	result=$(dict "$word" 2>&1)
+
+	if [[ $? -eq 21 ]]; then
+		word=$(echo -e "$result" | cut -d: -f2 | xargs -n1 | sort -u -f | rofi -dmenu -p 'similar:')
+	else
+		echo -e "$result" > "$tmpfile"
+		break
+	fi
+done
+
+$terminal less "$tmpfile"
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