words

This is an import of William Whitaker's WORDS Version 1.97FC LATIN-ENGLISH DICTIONARY PROGRAM.

using

I don't know how to use words yet. It probably isn't too hard, though.

building

words is written in Ada, which might be a problem. Most Linux distros have gnat packages available. On OSX I've been using Ada compiler binaries that I downloaded from http://libre.adacore.com/download/configurations. I frob $PATH with the following:

# ada crap
IN_GNAT=0
PRE_GNAT_PATH=
PRE_GNAT_PS1=
function load_gnat () {
    if [ $IN_GNAT -ne 0 ] ; then
        echo "Aready in gnat mode."
        return
    fi
    echo -n "Configuring gnat... "
    GNAT=~/local/gnat/bin
    PRE_GNAT_PATH=$PATH
    PRE_GNAT_PS1=$PS1
    export IN_GNAT=1
    export PS1="[gnat] $PS1"
    export PATH=$GNAT:$PATH
    echo "done."
}

function unload_gnat () {
    echo -n "Unconfiguring gnat... "
    if [ $IN_GNAT -ne 1 ] ; then
        echo "wasn't in gnat mode in the first" 'place!'
        return
    fi
    export IN_GNAT=0
    export PATH=$PRE_GNAT_PATH
    export PS1=$PRE_GNAT_PS1
    echo "done."
}