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- On the fly word lookup
- Works offline (first run will require internet to download dictionary data)
- Copy definitions and examples to clipboard with just a click
- Word definitions
- Examples of word sentences
- Synonyms
- Explore synonyms from each word
QuickWord can be used by manual lookup and via a keyboard shortcut to open it on the fly.
Select a word and hit the a keyboard shortcut to get the lookup. Recommended shortcut: ⌘ + D
- Manual entry of words
- Selecting a text
QuickWord is availble for installation in the following Linux Distributions
- requires that you have flatpak-builder installed
- flatpak enabled
- flathub remote enabled
flatpak-builder --user --force-clean --install build-dir com.github.hezral.quickword.yml
Ensure you have these dependencies installed
- python3
- python3-gi
- libgranite-dev
- python-xlib
- xclip
- pynput
Download the updated source here, or use git:
git clone https://github.com/hezral/quickword.git
cd clips
meson build --prefix=/usr
cd build
ninja build
sudo ninja install
The desktop launcher should show up on the application launcher for your desktop environment if it doesn't, try running
com.github.hezral.quickword
- Wordnet Definitions are based on Wordnet.
- Ideogram Inspired by it. Also borrowed/forked some code.
- ElementaryPython This started me off on coding with Python and GTK.