WhatYouMean

A CLI dictionary that uses Wordnik for its info

Usage

Run the command

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

cargo install whatyoumean

and you're all set!

Prebuilt Binary

Download the latest release from GitHub & exctract the executable to a directory on your PATH.

Building From Source

Ensure you have the Rust toolchain installed.

git clone the repository, then run

cargo build 

for a debug build, or

cargo build --release

for a release build