Webster under 3.0

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From: Ron Frederick
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 07:00

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Hi everyone...

I just finished doing the upgrade to 3.0, and I noticed something unusual about
the Webster dictionary files in /NextLibrary/Documentation/Reference. Suddenly,
the dictionary takes up a LOT more space. Since I assume the English language
hasn't changed much in the last couple of years, I decided to check it out.

What I found is rather confusing. Instead of the old huge file containing the
dictionary, there are now two files named "CompactDictionary" and "Dictionary",
about 16MB and 21MB respectively. This feels redundant to me, but I really
don't know whether I can remove one or the other safely. Does anyone know why
there are now two files? Am I right in thinking that I can remove one of them?

Thanks in advance!

P.S.  3.0 is VERY cool!
--
Ron Frederick
frederick@parc.xerox.com
(NeXTmail acceptable)

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From: frederick@parc.xerox.com  (Ron Frederick)
Subject: Webster under 3.0
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