Howdy
Dead easy command line dictionary.
Installation
gem sources -a http://gemcutter.org
gem install howdy
Description
Howdy is a tool that allows querying web dictionaries from a command line. Howdy enables “how” binary in your system. If for example you want to know what does ‘awesome’ mean than just issue:
$ how awesome
1.inspiring awe: an awesome sight.
2.showing or characterized by awe.
3.Slang. very impressive: That new white convertible is totally awesome.
$ how -c dict.pl awesome
fantastyczny; zachwycający; niesamowity
Available Dictionaries
* http://urbandictionary.com
* http://dictionary.com
* http://dict.pl
* http://ling.pl
Contributors:
* Paweł Pacana http://github.com/pawelpacana
Note on Patches/Pull Requests
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Fork the project.
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Make your feature addition or bug fix.
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Add tests for it. This is important so I don’t break it in a future version unintentionally.
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Commit, do not mess with rakefile, version, or history. (if you want to have your own version, that is fine but
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bump version in a commit by itself I can ignore when I pull)
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Send me a pull request. Bonus points for topic branches.
Copyright
Copyright © 2010 Michał Łomnicki. See LICENSE for details.