WhatYouMean

A CLI dictionary that uses Wordnik for its info

Usage

Run the command

shell wym <word>

in your preferred terminal, where <word> is the word you want to define. Use wym --help for more detailed usage instructions

Installation

Universal Setup

Get a Wordnik API key here and store it in an environment variable named WORDNIK_API_KEY. Then, instal the program from either cargo or a prebuilt binary

Through Cargo

First, ensure you have the latest stable rust version installed. Then run

shell cargo install whatyoumean

and you're all set!

Prebuilt Binary

Download the latest release from GitHub & move the executable to a directory on your PATH. Currently, only Windows binaries are distributed.

Building From Source

Ensure you have the Rust toolchain installed.

git clone the repository, then run

shell cargo build

for a debug build, or

shell cargo build --release

for a release build