* [arnstein@pobox.com: Re: look: no words file]
@ 2016-07-11 19:59 David Arnstein
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From: David Arnstein @ 2016-07-11 19:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 09:15:55PM +0200, Marco Atzeri wrote:
> there is no "/usr/share/dict/words" in any package
>
> $ cygcheck -p usr/share/dict/words
> Found 0 matches for usr/share/dict/words
>
> But scowl has 3 dictionary that eventually you can
> try to use. (I have not tested it)
Thank you. I installed scowl. I also had to
cd /usr/share/dict
ln -s american-english words
I have a memory of look working correctly in cygwin, with no
configuration required. Out of curiosity, was this ever supported?
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