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commit fdc31ce413f98c2398cf4dae7cef07f4f9715956
parent 2f2e2ec3378399224ee3f5e3a3997bb4860957d7
Author: Riaz <riaz@riazj.com>
Date:   Wed, 23 Jul 2025 19:34:02 -0700

Open dictionary output if not empty

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articles/dictionaries.html
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1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/articles/dictionaries.html b/articles/dictionaries.html
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@ sed "s/	.*//g" wn.index | sort -n > wn.tmp && mv wn.tmp wn.index
 <p>To use this with sxhkd:</p>
 <pre>
 alt + shift + d
-	dict "$(dmenu -i -l 10 &lt; $XDG_STATE_HOME/wn.index)" &gt; $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/dmenu_dict; \
-	st less -+F -c $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/dmenu_dict
+	definition="$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/dmenu_dict"; \
+	dict "$(dmenu -i -l 10 &lt; $XDG_STATE_HOME/wn.index)" &gt; "$definition"; \
+	[ -s "$definition" ] && st less -+F -c "$definition"
 </pre>
 <p>I no longer use the following hacky setup with GCIDE. Its custom markup sucks.</p>
 <pre>