;;; merriam.el --- Look up a word in WWW Merriam-Webster dictionary

;; Copyright (c) 2004 by Rhoderick Espineda <padik@users.sourceforge.net>

;; Version: 1.0
;; Keywords: hypermedia
;; URL: http://www.emacswiki.org/elisp/merriam.el
;; Date: March 31, 2004

;; This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
;; any later version.

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;;; Commentary:

;; Look up a word in WWW Merriam-Webster dictionary. This requires w3m browser.
;; Use M-x merriam RET word RET

;;; Acknowledgement:

;; This code is derived from webster-www.el by Tomasz J. Cholewo <t.cholewo@ieee.org>.

;;; Code:

(require 'w3m)

(defvar webster-url "http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=")

(defun merriam (word)
        (interactive "sLook up a word: ")
                (let ((start (point)))
                        (w3m-goto-url (concat webster-url word))))

(provide 'merriam)

;;; merriam.el ends here