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