LuaGnome Dictionary Lookup

Dictionary Lookup

Enter a word to be looked up in the Diccionario de la Real Academia Española, and press Enter or click on "Start". The result is displayed in a GtkHtmlView widget.

The GUI is set up without using Glade in this case, the download is done using the gtk.http_co auxiliary library, which provides asynchronous HTTP access. The lookup handler is as follows:


function start_download(entry)
    if download_running == 1 then
        print "Download already running."
        return
    end

    local s = entry:get_text()
    if s == "" then
        print "Please enter a search text"
        return
    end

    set_status("Fetching " .. s)

    download_running = 1
    htmldoc = gtkhtml.document_new()
    htmldoc:open_stream("text/html")
    htmlview:set_document(htmldoc)
    gtk.http_co.request_co{ host = rae_host, uri = rae_path .. s,
        callback = download_callback,
        sink = download_sink }
end