Getting Started

[TODO: - explain the language with some example scripts. - how to edit scripts with a GUI (Gedit) ]

Command-line usage

Using the Shoebot console runner is straightforward:

sbot hypnoval.bot

This command will run the hypnoval.bot script, and create an output image file – the default filename is output.svg). You can find many example Shoebot scripts inside the examples dir.

You’ll probably want to specify your own output file name:

sbot inputfile.bot -o image.png

The allowed extensions for the output filename are .svg, .ps, .pdf and .png.

Shoebot can also run in a window, which is useful for quick previews, as well as realtime manipulation of parameters. For this, just use the --window flag or -w:

sbot -w inputfile.bot

For a list of extra options, there’s always --help or -h.

sbot -h