7.2.2 Database and Strategy

The database command changes or displays the database name which is used by define and match commands. To display the database name, type the command without arguments:

dico> .database
!

To change the database, give its name as an argument to the command:

dico> .database *

Once the connection with the server is established, you may use command line completion facility to select the database from among those offered by the server. Typing TAB will show you a list of databases that begin with the characters you typed:

dico> .database enTAB
en-pl-naut  eng-afr     eng-deu     eng-swa

If you supply enough characters to identify a single choice, TAB will automatically select it. In the example above, typing a TAB after

dico> .database en-

completes the database name to:

dico> .database en-pl-naut

The strategy command displays or changes the default strategy name. As with database, the strategy completion is available for this command.

dico> .strategy
.
dico> .strategy dlev

If the remote server supports ‘xlev’ experimental capability (see XLEV), you can use the distance command to set the maximum Levenshtein distance for strategies that use Levenshtein algorithm. If used without arguments, this command displays the distance reported by the server and the configured distance, e.g.:

dico> .distance
Reported Levenshtein distance: 1
No distance configured

If used with a single numeric argument, it attempts to set the distance to the supplied value.