[3487] in SIPB bug reports
minor Webster bug
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Gilbert Leung)
Sun Feb 7 16:34:01 1993
To: bug-sipb@Athena.MIT.EDU
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 93 16:33:43 EST
From: Gilbert Leung <gleung@Athena.MIT.EDU>
If I use webster without arguments, enter a word that doesn't exist in the
dictionary, webster will give me a list of suggested words. Supposedly, I
can just enter the number of the suggestion to look it up. But if I enter
2, webster will look up the first word instead of the second. If I enter
3, webster will look up the second word instead of the third. The
following is a transcript of webster on the DEC :
Script started on Sun Feb 7 16:25:21 1993
[1] ~> we
Word: foo
No definition for 'foo'. Maybe you mean:
1. fob 2. foe 3. fog
4. food 5. fool 6. foot
7. fop 8. for 9. fou
10. fox 11. foy 12. fro
Word: 1
1. fob \'fa:b\ vt or fobbed; or fob.bing [ME fobben] archaic : DECEIVE,
CHEAT
2. fob n [perh. akin to G dial. fuppe pocket] 1: a small pocket just below
the front waistband of men's trousers 2: a short chain or ribbon connecting
a watch carried in a fob pocket and an ornament hanging outside 3: an
ornament attached to a fob chain
3. fob vt or fobbed; or fob.bing : to put into one's fob : POCKET
Word: foo
No definition for 'foo'. Maybe you mean:
1. fob 2. foe 3. fog
4. food 5. fool 6. foot
7. fop 8. for 9. fou
10. fox 11. foy 12. fro
Word: 2
1. fob \'fa:b\ vt or fobbed; or fob.bing [ME fobben] archaic : DECEIVE,
CHEAT
2. fob n [perh. akin to G dial. fuppe pocket] 1: a small pocket just below
the front waistband of men's trousers 2: a short chain or ribbon connecting
a watch carried in a fob pocket and an ornament hanging outside 3: an
ornament attached to a fob chain
3. fob vt or fobbed; or fob.bing : to put into one's fob : POCKET
Word: foo
No definition for 'foo'. Maybe you mean:
1. fob 2. foe 3. fog
4. food 5. fool 6. foot
7. fop 8. for 9. fou
10. fox 11. foy 12. fro
Word: 3
Cross references:
1. enemy
foe \'fo-\ n [ME fo, fr. OE fa-h, fr. fa-h hostile; akin to OHG giXfe-h
hostile 1: one who has personal enmity for another : ENEMY 2: an enemy in
war : ADVERSARY 3: one who opposes on principle 4: something prejudicial or
injurious
Thanks,
Gilbert
