From f0d8b793a8e816afdb46cd47004994e3279beda3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Drew DeVault Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2019 10:10:03 -0500 Subject: Update READMEs per tinywl merge --- rootston/README.md | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) create mode 100644 rootston/README.md (limited to 'rootston/README.md') diff --git a/rootston/README.md b/rootston/README.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..be2e6698 --- /dev/null +++ b/rootston/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +# rootston + +Rootston is the "big" wlroots test compositor. It implements basically every +feature of wlroots and may be useful as a reference for new compositors. +However, it's mostly used as a testbed for wlroots development and does not have +particularly clean code and is not particularly well designed: proceed with a +grain of salt. It is not designed for end-users. + +## Running rootston + +If you followed the build instructions in `../README.md`, the rootston +executable can be found at `build/rootston/rootston`. To use it, refer to the +example config at [rootston/rootston.ini.example][rootston.ini] and place a +config file of your own at `rootston.ini` in the working directory (or in an +arbitrary location via `rootston -C`). Other options are available, refer to +`rootston -h`. + +[rootston.ini]: https://github.com/swaywm/wlroots/blob/master/rootston/rootston.ini.example -- cgit v1.2.3