README
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This is a dict.leo.org mode for JED which allows you to query this
English<->German dictionary from inside the editor.

Prerequisites
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 * Günter Milde's JED modes bufutils, txtutils, and datutils.
   http://jedmodes.sourceforge.net.
   
 * Martin Bayer's html2text.
   http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~mbayer/tools/

Install
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 * Copy the shell script "translate" into some path along your PATH.
 
 * Copy the JED script "translate.sl" into you JED search path.
 
 * In your .jedrc, bind the translate() function to some key; e.g.
   
       autoload("translate", "translate")
       setkey( "translate", "\el"); % Alt-L

Usage
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When called, translate() either queries dict.leo.org with the
currently marked word(s) or, if no mark has been set, interactively
asks for word(s) to translate. Then it issues a request to
dict.leo.org, pretty-prints the reply using the "translate" shell
script, and puts the result into a new buffer. In this buffer, the
default key mappings are:

   Space       Copy word under cursor into edit buffer;
               close translate buffer.
             
   Enter       Lookup word under cursor.
   
   Backspace   Return to previous query.
   
   q           Close translate buffer.
   
   Left/Right  Jump to previous/next word in buffer.
              

Contact
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Robin Sommer
sommer@in.tum.de