From ae2d3e377e2eb3c8cfe6f5211d159a680e6edf38 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Kartik K. Agaram" Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2021 08:16:42 -0800 Subject: clarify what Teliva is --- README.md | 14 ++++++++------ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 8fc9e82..5504e02 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -12,9 +12,8 @@ ## What's this, then? An extremely naïve, [brutalist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brutalist_architecture) -attempt at packaging up simple [Lua](http://www.lua.org) apps with almost all -the stuff needed to edit and build them. You will need some Unix-like -platform[1] with a C compiler and the ncurses and openssl libraries. +environment for little text-mode [Lua](http://www.lua.org) apps that are easy +to modify. Here's how you run one of the example apps (the [Tower of Hanoi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_Hanoi)): @@ -29,10 +28,13 @@ src/teliva hanoi.tlv 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. ([video](https://archive.org/details/akkartik-2021-11-14)) +Make a change, hit `ctrl-e` again, and the app will run with your updates. +([video](https://archive.org/details/akkartik-2021-11-14)) -[1] Tested so far on Linux, Mac OS X and OpenBSD; should also work on other -flavors of BSD, WSL on Windows, etc. with only minor modifications. +You will need some Unix-like platform with a C compiler and the ncurses and +openssl libraries. So far I've tested Teliva on Linux, Mac OS X and OpenBSD; +should also work on other flavors of BSD, WSL on Windows, etc. with only minor +modifications. ## Isn't this just an IDE? -- cgit 1.4.1-2-gfad0