diff --git a/GETTING_STARTED.md b/GETTING_STARTED.md index a9eae21..035d494 100644 --- a/GETTING_STARTED.md +++ b/GETTING_STARTED.md @@ -2,6 +2,11 @@ This document is a quick getting started guide for users who are interested in trying Phi. +## Installing +Notes for installing and building are detailed in the README file. You will probably +have to build from source. This shouldn't be too much of a hassle with Linux +and MacOS - Windows might be a bit of a hassle. + ## Configuration Files Configuration files for Phi are located in `~/.phi-editor`. This is in your $HOME directory. @@ -11,7 +16,7 @@ The font loading in Phi is still very much a work in progress. Loading fonts in a platform independent way is a particular struggle when dealing with Linux. Below are some notes for users to help get started with the editor. -### Ubuntu +### Linux/Ubuntu Ubuntu's fonts are in the `/usr/share/fonts` folder, though they are categorized by font type. Here is a quick example to get you started on Ubuntu: @@ -19,3 +24,6 @@ by font type. Here is a quick example to get you started on Ubuntu: font_path = "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu" font_face = "DejaVuSansMono" ``` + +For Linux in general, you may have to hunt down your fonts folder yourself +and set the `font_path` variable accordingly. \ No newline at end of file