# Dickinson
Dickinson is a text-generation language.
## Installation
### Binary Releases
Binaries for some platforms are available on the [releases
page](https://github.com/vmchale/dickinson/releases).
Unpack the distribution, then:
```
make install
```
### Source
To install, get [cabal-install](https://www.haskell.org/cabal/) and
[GHC](https://www.haskell.org/ghc/download.html). Then:
```
cabal install language-dickinson
```
Manpages are installed at
```
emd man
```
So `man $(emd man)` will pull them up in bash, for instance.
### Editor Integration
Editor integration is available for vim.
Using [vim-plug](https://github.com/junegunn/vim-plug):
```vimscript
Plug 'vmchale/dickinson' , { 'rtp' : 'vim' }
```
## Documentation
A user guide is available in
[markdown](https://github.com/vmchale/dickinson/blob/master/doc/user-guide.md)
and as
a [pdf](https://github.com/vmchale/dickinson/blob/master/doc/user-guide.pdf).
See `man/emd.1` for man pages.
### Examples
A riff on the Unix fortune program is available
[here](https://github.com/vmchale/dickinson/blob/master/examples/fortune.dck).
Try
```
emd run examples/fortune.dck
```