Force Dictionary app to stay open?

[superduperultra]

Is it possible to force Dictionary app to stay open when the last window is closed? I know it's possible to just hide the window, but sometimes I accidentally close the last window and the app shuts down.

Thanks

 

[AdeFowler]

Probably not, but you could use the Dictionary widget on the Dashboard instead. I think they use the same data.

 

[superduperultra]

Thanks, but I would rather not use dashboard.

 

[AdeFowler]

Minimise the window (command M)?

 

[superduperultra]

Now I know the options, what I'm looking for is some kind of terminal command which disables the auto close behavior in the dictionary app.

 

[AdeFowler]

Assuming that were possible, I'm not sure how you'd get the window back again.

As frustrating and inconsistent as it is, I think you'll have to adjust to either hiding, minimising, Spaces or Dashboard

 

[superduperultra]

Well there was this other issue that was solved recently by a terminal command which forces dictionary to show definitions in one window (since snow leopard it opened a new window for each definition). The command is:

defaults write com.apple.Dictionary ProhibitNewWindowForRequest -bool TRUE

I'm thinking something similar must exist to configure if an app closes down or remains open when closing the last window.