[Tlhingan-hol] New Klingon Words tool

[SuStel]

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