# suckless_dictpopup
This is a very lightweight program to show a popup with the dictionary entry of the selected text. It uses [sdcv](https://github.com/Dushistov/sdcv) for the dictionary lookup and optionally, a slightly modified version of [herbe](https://github.com/dudik/herbe) to display the popup.
## Dependencies
notice that most of them might be already installed, they are:
sselp , sdcv, perl
### Currently tested on:
- GNU/Linux
- FreeBSD
## Setup
First setup [sdcv](https://github.com/Dushistov/sdcv) according to their github page.
Then install with `sudo make install`. \
Uninstall with `sudo make uninstall`
If you would like to automatically lookup a word on every selection (recommended) , then take a look at the following script:
https://github.com/KonstantinDjairo/suckless_dictpopup/blob/main/daemon-popup
This is not meant to be running all the time, since it looks up everything that goes into the clipboard.\
Disable when using mpvacious for example.
## Usage
Bind to a shortcut
\
To add a keyboard shortcut, you can use options of your WM or DE. You can also use sxhkd. \
The popup can be dismissed by clicking on it.
Here is a snippet from someone's ~/.config/i3/config showing how to bind `dictpopup` to a keyboard shortcut.
```console
# Run dictpopup
bindsym $mod+c exec --no-startup-id dictpopup
```
The styling can be changed in `config.h` and then recompile to apply.
There is also a xresources patch from [herbe](https://github.com/dudik/herbe)
that you could try to apply if you like.
`popup` can also be used as a standalone program to show the contents of stdin.
## TODO
- [x] Completed
- [ ] Work in Progress
- [ ] Switch between words in a given sentence by using the arrow keys or any user-defined key;
Sudachi can be used to accomplish that.