= Howdy

Dead easy command line dictionary.

= Installation

gem install howdy
# you'll need to install libxslt-dev and libxml-dev in your system
# ie. on debian/ubuntu:
# sudo aptitude install libxslt1-dev libxml2-dev

= 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 awesome 

1. dictionary.com - English dictionary
2. urbandictionary.com - Slang dictionary
3. dict.pl - Polish-English dictionary
4. ling.pl - Polish-English dictionary
Choose [1..4]: 3

fantastyczny; zachwycający; niesamowity

= Configuration

Configuration file is created on first howdy run. It's available in $HOME/.howdy

Currently it handles only 1 option: default_dictionary Examples: default_dictionary = dictionary.com Or default_dictionary = urbandictionary.com

Just pass one of available dictionaries listed below.

= Available Dictionaries

• http://urbandictionary.com
• http://dictionary.com
• http://dict.pl
• http://ling.pl

= Documentation

http://rubydoc.info/gems/howdy/frames

= Contributors:

• Paweł Pacana http://github.com/pawelpacana

== Note on Patches/Pull Requests

• Fork the project.
• Make your feature addition or bug fix.
• Add tests for it. This is important so I don't break it in a future version unintentionally.
• Commit, do not mess with rakefile, version, or history. (if you want to have your own version, that is fine but
• bump version in a commit by itself I can ignore when I pull)
• Send me a pull request. Bonus points for topic branches.

== Copyright

Copyright (c) 2010 Michał Łomnicki. See LICENSE for details.