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[holycrap]

Hello,

I know this is a dumb request. But can anyone make a simple dictionary pulling the definitions from this site? http://wordnet.princeton.edu/ It's very reliable and they don't change the layout much or at all. There are a few dictionaries in the archive but the output is very messy.

This is what I'm looking for and I'm sure others will find this useful as well.

1. Set in the script how many definitions to get.
2. Able to message the bot and use the command as well.
Example: /msg bot !define <word>
3.If !define null
Notice user: !define <word>
4. If can't find a word due to spelling.
Notice user: Please check your spelling.

Would greatly appreciated if someone work on this. If anyone I know speechles can tackle this. Would be a great Christmas present for me.

Thank You!

[speechles]

If I were to entertain the idea of creating a script just for that site, what would the output look like? It consists of several types with several definitions for each type.
If you click here you can see it's got nouns and verbs with several definitions thrown in there. To create a script like this two things are needed.

Firstly, how will the command work and allow switches? Eggdrop style double hypens, aka long flags (--) or the way the google script does it, using periods (.)? The switches are needed to choose noun, verb, etc.. If no switch is given (ie, .define egg) and a list of types appears instead of one, list the types available (ie, noun; verb) and ask for a requery using a switch (ie, .define --noun egg)?

Secondly, how are we going to display to the user? There are several ways to do this and knowing how the input and output are makes it much easier. I prefer to cram everything into a single line and break it onto irc segemented but anything is possible...
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speechles' eggdrop tcl archive

[holycrap]

Those are some very interesting questions that you have raised. I choose this particular dictionary because the definitions are short and simple and won't flood the channel. I will go with whatever you think might work best. If it's too much trouble and time, you can just output the first definition with the nouns. I'll be happy as is.

[achilles1900]

Hi,

I think this is a great script request , I would also love to run a dictionary tcl, that functions like inciths weather.

Just type in a word and in gives you the meaning. Great.

I hope someone could write on. Thanks

Achilles

[speechles]

Then you will be happy to know that one has been created based upon incith's templates and namespaces. It has only been tested with wordnetweb.princeton.edu but may work with other sites.

[holycrap]

You guys are just the greatest! Thanks much for your time!

I would like to report some bugs and requests.

1. I keep getting this:
"Tcl error [incith::dictionary::public_message]: wrong # args: should be "puthelp text ?options?""

2. Can you remove the "S:" before every result?

3. Anything besides the definition, "notice" the user instead of messaging the channel. For example: no results found, null input, or anything else that's not the definition.

Thanks!

[speechles]

[holycrap]

Thanks for the quick response.

The error is gone so is the "S:".

I found the switch confusing and most of the users do as well.

Here is a simple suggestion.

1.

<user>!define help
<bot> (n) aid ...definition continues...
-bot- help: noun 4; verb 8 "this is noticeed and bold what is needed to search, adjective, and adverb"

That would be all they would see. Then:

<user>!define n2 help
<bot>[n 2/4]"would show the 2nd definition of help for noun"

or

<user!define v6 help
<bot>[v 6/8]"would show the 6th definition of help for verb"

Basically, it shows one output at a time and they can jump into the next one if they choose to.

2.

If !define "null"
-bot- !define [n/v/adj/adv]result <word>

For "all" it will show the variablemax set in the config file. Exe: !define adjall red "will show definition of all red in adjective" if !define nall red "will show definition of all red in noun"

This is a hefty/detailed request, but I have faith in you. Oh, yes, please, anything besides the definition is "notice".

Thanks!

[speechles]

Well.. I've taken into consideration the things you mentioned and figured, that perhaps there would be even more problems. That being said, I've added an overwhelming amount of configuration into the script. Most of it is quite basic and is merely overall cosmetic templates, basically you can tailor all of the output to look however you like. I've changed the behavior of direct index now as well. Before if you used --noun6, you got 6 noun definitions. Now if you use --noun6 you get the sixth noun definition only. You can still use ranges --verb2-3 and see just those sections. You can also now do --allall, which basically says yeah, you want to see all sections and all results. Also.. this is the best part, the switch, that -- is no longer hard coded. You can make it ~ or $ or even get rid of it entirely, the script will still work just fine. If you find something you cannot customize it is probably a short coming of the website this script scrapes more-so than this scripts fault.

If you want to try it out, click the link below let me know what you think.
Incith Tribute: Incith-Dictionary v1.2

Enjoy holycrap
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speechles' eggdrop tcl archive

[holycrap]

This is just way too awesome! It's everything that I was looking for and more. Thank you so much for this wonderful present! Please upload this script to the archive so others can enjoy it as well.

Have a wonderful xmas, speechles!

Thanks again!

[sk-4]

im getting error in script

<+sk4> !dict love
Tcl error [incith::dictionary::public_message]: can't read "state(body)": no such variable

[speechles]

[holycrap]

Please don't change to a different site. I think it's cause the holiday and they shut down their server or something.

[speechles]

[incith]