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words
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This is an import of William Whitaker's WORDS Version 1.97FC LATIN-ENGLISH DICTIONARY PROGRAM.
using
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I don't know how to use `words` yet. It probably isn't too hard, though.
building
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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."
}