====== DictTeX ======

DictTeX — making dictionaries with LaTeX

===== The DictTex tool =====

Features:

    * it makes Good-looking headers
    * dictionary environment
    * term command
    * bigletter command

===== Quick reference =====


Main steps:

    * build a latex dictionary using
      * dict.sty style ( usepackage{dict} )
      * dictionary environment, ( begin{dictionary} )
      * term command, ( term{word}{semantics} )
      * bigletter command when necessary ( bigletter{A} )
 
===== An example =====

Following a LaTeX example of a DictTeX dictionary is presented

    \documentclass[twoside,twocolumn]{book}
    \usepackage[portuges]{babel}
    \usepackage[isolatin]{inputenc}
    \usepackage{dict}
     
    \begin{document}
    \title{DictTex - making dictionaries with latex}
    \author{Jose Joao Almeida \and Jose Luis Santos}
    \date{Abri 2001}
    \maketitle
    
    %% .....................................
    
    \begin{dictionary}
      \bigletter{A}
         \term{a}{a [\emph{Article}]  }
         \term{a}{uma [\emph{Article}]  }
         \term{a}{um [\emph{Article}]  }
         \term{aardvarks}{porco-da-terra, oricterope}
         \term{aback}{às avessas [\emph{Adverb}]  }
         \term{aback}{atrás, detrás [\emph{Adverb}]  }
         \term{aback}{para trás [\emph{Adverb}]  }
         ...
      \bigletter{B}
    \end{dictionary}