Variable: dictionary-server

dictionary-server is a customizable variable defined in dictionary.el.gz.

Value

nil

Documentation

This server is contacted for searching the dictionary.

You can specify here:

- Automatic: First try localhost, then dict.org after confirmation
- localhost: Only use localhost
- dict.org: Only use dict.org
- User-defined: You can specify your own server here

This variable was added, or its default value changed, in Emacs 28.1.

View in manual

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/net/dictionary.el.gz
(defcustom dictionary-server
  nil
  "This server is contacted for searching the dictionary.

You can specify here:

- Automatic: First try localhost, then dict.org after confirmation
- localhost: Only use localhost
- dict.org: Only use dict.org
- User-defined: You can specify your own server here"
  :group 'dictionary
  :set #'dictionary-set-server-var
  :type '(choice (const :tag "Automatic" nil)
                 (const :tag "localhost" "localhost")
                 (const :tag "dict.org" "dict.org")
                 (string :tag "User-defined"))
  :version "28.1")