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Have you thought of the Wordle wordlist by default and let the user override it via a config option? This would cut down on the per-distro variability. IIRC the wordlist itself it around 14KB so not terribly large. You could even pull it from the GH via curl during installation if you'd like. I don't think I'd mind implementing this if your interested.
If someone wishes to play the game using a different word list, they can do so, editing LINE 17of the
wordy.sh
change to
I have already considered this before. I know that what you propose is quite easy. However I do not want to impose any other word list (that might even be considered "proprietary") to anyone, when the majority of the users's systems already have the default word list. So, whoever user want any other list, they can easily edit that line and go on enjoy the game using the list they like.
Another solution is a config file instead of editing line 17. It is just as easy, but having a config file to configure just one parameter sounds not great.
Another alternative is to provide the user a few word lists (as you mentioned, they should be quite light), and from then on each one is free to choose their prefered one.
It could be done with
curl
as well, but then if we did that, we would have another dependency:curl
.I forgot to thank you for the feedback, and for your willlingness to help, it is appreciated.