Re: Terminal based Offline Dictionary in Perl

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 :)

App-Wordzilla/bin/
App-Wordzilla/lib/App/Wordzilla.pm
App-Wordzilla/share/Wordzilla.sqlite
App-Wordzilla/MANIFEST
App-Wordzilla/Makefile.PL
App-Wordzilla/README.md
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Then to create installable package (a tarball) run perl Makefile.PL && make dist

Then to install (if you upload to cpan) cpan App::Wordzilla
or cpanm git://github.com/tirkarthi/Wordzilla-Perl
or cpan ./App-Wordzilla-0.01.tar.gz

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

#!/usr/bin/perl --
use strict;
use warnings;
use App::Wordzilla;
App::Wordzilla::run( @ARGV );
exit( 0 );
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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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Re^2: Terminal based Offline Dictionary in Perl by xtreak (Initiate) on Mar 13, 2014 at 11:53 UTC
Thanks for your valuable feedback. 1. Prompting : Regarding prompts. Each word has a lot of meanings in a lot of contexts. So instead of filling up the screen with 4 to 5 meanings I thought it will be better to display the first meaning and ask the user whether he wants to display the rest of the meanings. Ya it might annoy the user. I will look at more options. 2. Net::Dict I haven't referred to Net::Dict . I will look at it. The reason I have created the script is that I am not often connected to the internet so an offline dictionary will be helpful and also the word list is editable and can be used for ones purposes like a word game, flash cards, etc. 3. CPAN distribution : I have created this app primarily for Linux as many Windows users don't use Terminal IMO. So a CPAN distro will be nice as most Linux distros come with Perl. But I am thinking of using Cava or PAR to make it a single package. I haven't build a package yet and I am a newbie. You can conribute to the project by building up a package if you find yourself free.	[reply]
Re^2: Terminal based Offline Dictionary in Perl by Anonymous Monk on Mar 12, 2014 at 07:51 UTC
So far I like it :) but I'm used to Net::Dicts formatting ... which might come from the database that way Other thoughts (like on real modulinos being the best) Re: What's the best way to handle the installation and or distribution of a Perl script? ( Where can I find Perl scripts? How do I contribute scripts to CPAN? naming modules, names to avoid, Guidelines for Reusing Application Code, What sho	[reply]
Re^3: Terminal based Offline Dictionary in Perl by xtreak (Initiate) on Mar 13, 2014 at 12:01 UTC
Thank you for the feedback. I haven't looked at the Net::Dict interface. I will try to add features. I am trying to port it to the other languages and make it useful.	[reply]