From 5a24da6b079a8890d3e47f725dba5143970726d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Noah Gibbs Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2023 14:37:55 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Mention what Shoes is and does --- README.md | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 9ca87c857..fc2f53888 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ Scarpe isn't feature complete with any version of Shoes (yet?). We're initially targeting Shoes Classic. +## Wait, What's A Shoes? + +Shoes is an old library (really several different ones) that let you build little local desktop computer programs, package them up and give copies to people. Imagine if you can write a tiny little Ruby program (e.g. sneak a peek at the next section) and then it would make a runnable app, opening a window in Ruby, where you could click buttons and play sounds and stuff. + +Scarpe is a rewrite of Shoes, because old Shoes doesn't really work any more. There have been a surprising number of rewrites of Shoes over the years -- people love it and miss having it around. This one is ours. Also it uses Webview. + ## Usage Note: you'll probably want the [Scarpe in Development](#scarpe-in-development) instructions below in most cases! Scarpe isn't ready for "just install the released version" production usage yet.