Emacs package for talking to a dictionary server, which can be used to access several dictionaries using a simple protocol as defined in RFC 2229 (Text Version). The dictionary mode provides the following features: * looking up word definitions in all dictionaries * search for matching word * words/phrases marked with { } in the dictionary definitions are recognized as hyper links and browseable * easy selection of dictionary and search strategy * backward moving through the visited definitions * in the latest versions of GNU Emacs and XEmacs you get support for popup menus * in GNU Emacs 21 and XEmacs 21 you can lookup words by simply pointing the mouse cursor to them (tool-tips) * supports HTTP proxies for port forwarding * supports dictionaries which are not encoded as utf-8