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[Tlhingan-hol] New Klingon Words tool
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (SuStel)
Wed Nov 18 12:13:31 2015
To: tlhingan-Hol@kli.org
From: SuStel <sustel@trimboli.name>
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2015 12:13:15 -0500
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@kli.org
I'm not sure how useful people on this list will find this tool, but I
figured I'd mention it anyway.
I find myself going back to the New Words list on the KLI's site over
and over, so I decided to write a tool that presents the list to me
without having to go to the site.
It's written in PowerShell, and will run on any Windows 8 or later
computer, or Windows 7 if you install Windows Management Framework 3.0
or later.
It's got a README.txt file in it; setup instructions are there. Short
version: extract everything to a folder, then run install.cmd. For
anyone who knows about PowerShell modules: just copy the Klingon folder
to your PowerShell Modules folder.
It's a PowerShell module, so I mostly use it in the PowerShell console
(a command-line environment). I've also created a GUI version for anyone
who prefers that.
Available commands:
Get-KlingonWord
Return a list of words, their meanings, parts of speech, and
sources. You can filter by any of these fields.
Show-KlingonWord
Same as Get-KlingonWord, except the list is presented in a GUI. Has
a built-in alias, kword.
Sort-KlingonWord
Given the results from Get-KlingonWord or Show-KlingonWord, or a
comma-separated list of strings, this sorts the list in Klingon
transcription alphabetical order. This command allows piped input.
Update-KlingonWord
Updates the word list by downloading whatever is current at the
KLI. This must be run at least once before using the module; the setup
program runs this for you.
For help on each command, type "help <command>" in PowerShell.
You can easily filter in the GUI just by typing in the filter field, or
you can set up more complicated pattern-matching.
Careful! PowerShell interprets the ' character as a string delimiter, so
if you type words with glottal stops you'll cause errors. Enclose the
words in double quotation marks to avoid this, or escape the ' with a
backtick, `.
I won't be incorporating words not on the New Words list. This module
doesn't contain any data by itself; it just downloads what's at the KLI.
You can download this module here: http://trimboli.name/Klingon.zip
Your web browser may complain that it's a suspicious file.
Got questions? Let me know. PowerShell lets you do a whole lot with
these commands that I haven't even touched on.
--
SuStel
http://trimboli.name
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