Re: superthesaurus

gfp <[email protected]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 13:20:21 +0000
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thanks for your help

Sorry I mixed up the names:

It is called "emacs-powerthesaurus"

https://github.com/SavchenkoValeriy/emacs-powerthesaurus

powerthesaurus-lookup-dwim is the main interactive function, and it 
retrieves results from powerthesaurus.org. It determines the search term 
based on the active region or the word at point and prompts the user to 
select the type of query to perform (synonyms, antonyms, related terms, 
definitions, or sentences).

By default, synonyms, antonyms, and related terms replace the original 
term, while sentences and definitions display in a separate pop-up 
buffer. To override this behavior, use the prefix argument (e.g., C-u 
M-x powerthesaurus-lookup-dwim).

For quick access to specific query types, use these commands:

     powerthesaurus-lookup-synonyms-dwim
     powerthesaurus-lookup-antonyms-dwim
     powerthesaurus-lookup-related-dwim
     powerthesaurus-lookup-definitions-dwim
     powerthesaurus-lookup-sentences-dwim


It works now in my Emacs with those commands mentioned above.


Am 19.06.26 um 19:32 schrieb [email protected]:
> Gfp <[email protected]> writes:
> 
>> I installed in my Guix SD emacs-superthesaurus in order to use it in
>> emacs.
>> How can I do it now in Emacs?
>>
> 
> What is ‘emacs-superthesaurus’?  Is it a package of Emacs
> Lisp?  If so, then typing C-h P emacs-superthesaurus RET
> ought to give you a description of the elisp package.  It
> might also include an Info file(s) that documents use of the
> package.  If not, then you will need to find where the
> documentation is.  For example, it might have manual pages
> that you can read with:
> 
>     M-x man
> 
> or
> 
>     M-x woman
> 
> In case you are unaware, Emacs includes an Emacs Lisp
> package named ‘dictionary’, which includes a description
> that you can read by typing:
> 
>     C-h P dictionary RET
> 
> Many words have a corresponding thesaurus entry.  For
> example,
> 
>     M-x dictionary-search editor RET
> 
> includes the following thesaurus entry for the word
> ‘editor’:
> 
>     From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thesaurus]:
>     
>     150 Moby Thesaurus words for "editor":
>        allegorist, annotator, bibliognost, bibliographer, biblioklept,
>        bibliolater, bibliomane, bibliomaniac, bibliopegist, bibliophage,
>        bibliophile, bibliopole, bibliopolist, bibliotaph, bibliothec,
>        bibliothecaire, bibliothecary, book agent, book collector,
>        book printer, book publisher, book reviewer, book salesman,
>        book-stealer, bookbinder, bookdealer, booklover, bookmaker,
>        bookman, bookseller, bookworm, captious critic, carper, cataloger,
>        caviler, censor, censurer, chief librarian, cicerone, city editor,
>        clarifier, cognoscente, collector, college editor, columnist,
>        commentator, commenter, compiler, connoisseur, copy chief,
>        copy editor, copyman, copyreader, correspondent, critic,
>        criticaster, criticizer, critickin, criticule, cryptanalyst,
>        cryptographer, cryptologist, cub reporter, curator, decoder,
>        definer, demonstrator, demythologizer, diaskeuast,
>        dictionary editor, dragoman, editor-in-chief, editorial writer,
>        editorialist, emendator, emender, euhemerist, executive editor,
>        exegesist, exegete, exegetist, explainer, explicator, exponent,
>        expositor, expounder, faultfinder, feature editor,
>        foreign correspondent, gazetteer, glossarist, glossographer,
>        go-between, guide, hermeneut, interpreter, interviewer, journalist,
>        juvenile editor, leader writer, leg man, lexicographer, librarian,
>        library director, literary critic, man of letters, managing editor,
>        metaphrast, muckraker, news analyst, news editor, newsman,
>        newspaperman, newspaperwoman, newswriter, oneirocritic,
>        own correspondent, paragrapher, paragraphist, paraphrast,
>        permissions editor, philobiblist, pressman, printer,
>        production editor, publicist, publisher, reader, redactor,
>        reference editor, reference librarian, reporter, reviewer, reviser,
>        rewrite man, rewriter, scholiast, slotman, smellfungus, sob sister,
>        social critic, special correspondent, sports editor, subeditor,
>        textbook editor, textual critic, trade editor, translator,
>        war correspondent, writer
> 

thanks

Gottfried
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