Dictionary plugin display (version 0.4.1 and earlier) apparently drops the first line of each definition it receives. Telnet to dict.org 2628 250 ok define * bug 150 6 definitions retrieved 151 "Bug" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48" Bug \Bug\ (b[u^]g), n. [OE. bugge, fr. W. bwg, bwgan, hobgoblin, scarecrow, bugbear. Cf. {Bogey}, {Boggle}.] 1. A bugbear; anything which terrifies. [Obs.] ... Display in dictionary plugin gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48" scarecrow, bugbear. Cf. {Bogey}, {Boggle}.] 1. A bugbear; anything which terrifies. [Obs.] ... The line beginning with 'Bug' is missing. I see that leading spaces are suppressed also, but I don't know if that's intentional.
Yes. This first line was dropped intentionally since most dictionaries just repeat the searched/found term in this line and so I assumed it isn't necessary to print. 'gcide' is one of the dictionaries giving usual information in this line. Same for 'moby-thes'. Anyway, since I noticed this also last week, this is already fixed in current SVN version. Same goes for the dropped indentation.
I built from SVN and it looks great. Thanks! (Jargon File is another, BTW, where the first line is critical.)
Current SVN version has still bugs :). The new feature to highlight links (cross-references) doesn't work currently, I'll fix it this week. And yes, maybe there are more dictionaries that use the first line than I expected. Or in other words, I probably tested in the past just with a few dictionaries which didn't use it :).