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Re: Terminal based Offline Dictionary in Perlby Anonymous Monk |
on Mar 12, 2014 at 07:45 UTC ( [id://1077982]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
Hi :) The app requires the Database at /home/$USER/ (Replace the $USER with username or value of echo $USER) Hi :) See File::UserConfig, its File::HomeDir + File::ShareDir see example https://metacpan.org/source/CRZEDPSYC/App-DuckPAN-0.137 So :)
Then to create installable package (a tarball) run perl Makefile.PL && make dist Then to install (if you upload to cpan) cpan App::Wordzilla
Other comments, See dict for a nice interface :) prompting is laborious :) options are always more fun that prompting :) ... The Dynamic Duo --or-- Holy Getopt::Long, Pod::UsageMan! my $choice = <STDIN>; ... .. If you're keen on prompting, see ExtUtils::MakeMaker::prompt Also bin/wordzilla becomes
And you've got yourself a "CPAN" style distribution
If you're interested, I offer you ?node_id=3989;HIT=module;re=N;Tu;M,
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