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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 6cdb8a2..ec33802 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -30,35 +30,12 @@ No matter what app you run, you are always guaranteed access to a single obvious, consistent way (currently the hotkey `ctrl-e`) to edit its sources. And to run the updates after editing. -<img alt='screenshot of Teliva editing the Towers of Hanoi' src='doc/hanoi-edit.png'> - -Toggle the same hotkey to restart the app with the new sources. - -Over time I hope to improve the experience for error messages, failing tests, -undoing changes and so on. The emphasis will be on maximizing hackability -rather than functionality. In addition to Lua 1.5, this repository currently -packages: - -* The [ncurses](https://tldp.org/HOWTO/NCURSES-Programming-HOWTO) library for - building text-mode user interfaces. ([Alternative documentation](https://tldp.org/LDP/lpg-0.4.pdf)) -* A port of the [lcurses](https://github.com/lcurses/lcurses) library - providing Lua bindings for ncurses. ([Documentation](http://lcurses.github.io/lcurses)) -* The [Kilo](https://github.com/antirez/kilo) text editor. ([With a fantastic - walk-through.](https://viewsourcecode.org/snaptoken/kilo)) - -Send all praise to them, brickbats to [me](http://akkartik.name/contact). I -plan to be extremely parsimonious in taking on further dependencies. - ## Isn't this just an IDE? There's one big difference: these apps are not intended to be runnable outside of the Teliva environment. Editing the sources will always be a core feature that's front and center in the UI. -At the moment this isn't much of a restriction given how trivial the -differences with Lua are. You also don't get much benefit in exchange for -taking on this restriction. Let's see if that changes. - A second, more subtle difference: it's primarily an environment for _running_ apps, and only secondarily for editing them. Starting up the environment puts you in a running app by default. Creating an app from a clean slate is a @@ -115,3 +92,16 @@ There will likely be some exceptions that I'll record here as I encounter them: ## What's with the name? Teliva is the Tamil root for ‘clear’. Very much aspirational. + +## Coda + +In addition to Lua 1.5, Teliva is inspired by: + +* The [ncurses](https://tldp.org/HOWTO/NCURSES-Programming-HOWTO) library for + building text-mode user interfaces. ([Alternative documentation](https://tldp.org/LDP/lpg-0.4.pdf)) +* An interface to ncurses like the [lcurses](https://github.com/lcurses/lcurses) + library. ([Documentation](http://lcurses.github.io/lcurses)) +* The [Kilo](https://github.com/antirez/kilo) text editor. (Read more about it + in this [fantastic walk-through](https://viewsourcecode.org/snaptoken/kilo).) + +Send all praise to them, brickbats to [me](http://akkartik.name/contact). |