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| author | Samuel Fadel <samuelfadel@gmail.com> | 2015-04-01 23:05:35 -0300 |
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| committer | Samuel Fadel <samuelfadel@gmail.com> | 2015-04-01 23:05:35 -0300 |
| commit | 7067f19c8adfc404f0617a3e2d61b136d196f4cb (patch) | |
| tree | beb97500ce57ca124318b62689cb72754cfbcac6 | |
| parent | 3f60870cac619c0dc0b4e4eccf678efbff237369 (diff) | |
Updated README file.
| -rw-r--r-- | README.md | 17 |
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@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@ # T # - T is a lean **T**erminal emulator. The project aims to keep it as simple as possible, while still being usable. Configuration is done by modifying the file -`config.h` and recompiling. +`config.h` and recompiling. It is actually two applications: one acts as a +daemon (`Td`) while the other (`Tc`) is invoked to request new windows or kill +the daemon. This was done so that the resource usage is (somewhat) minimized by +keeping all terminals under the same process while new windows are opened +(somewhat) faster. ## Compilation ## T has the following compilation dependencies. The versions are the ones used to @@ -19,3 +22,13 @@ To compile T, run: To install T, run (needs superuser privileges): make install + +## Usage ## +`Td` has no invocation arguments. You just keep it running and it will listen on +a local socket file (see `config.h`) for connections from `Tc`. `Tc` has the +following invocation arguments: + +`-n` + Requests a new window; default if omitted +`-x` + Request daemon termination; only successful if there are no open windows |