build.sh

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+#!/bin/sh
+dotnet build -o out/debug/

readme.md

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 buypeeb
 ===
 
-a simple dotnet core program that allows you to track auctions on yahoo auctions japan, written in c#. designed for and with linux, but works on windows.
+i figured, may as well try and learn c#
+
+0uo
 
 ## quick start (arch linux)
 ```bash
@@ -13,16 +15,31 @@ dotnet run
 ---
 
 ## installing prerequisites
-you'll need the [dotnet core sdk](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/)
+you will need either:
+- [dotnet core sdk](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/) (recommended, it's the easiest to use)
+- [mono](https://www.mono-project.com/download/stable/) and [gtk sharp 3](https://github.com/GtkSharp/GtkSharp/)
 
 ### debian
+#### dotnet
 follow [these instructions](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/install/linux-debian) to add the dotnet repo and install dotnet-sdk.
 
+#### mono
+the packages you'll need are `mono-devel` and `gtk-sharp3`, so:
+```
+sudo apt install mono-devel gtk-sharp3
+```
+
 ### arch linux
+#### dotnet
 ```
 sudo pacman -S dotnet-sdk
 ```
 
+#### mono
+```
+sudo pacman -S mono gtk-sharp-3
+```
+
 ### windows
 - download and install ".NET Core SDK" from [this page](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download)
 - run `dotnet build` - this *should* pull in gtk3 automatically - if not, you'll need to [install it yourself](https://github.com/tschoonj/GTK-for-Windows-Runtime-Environment-Installer/releases/latest)
@@ -32,27 +49,26 @@ i have no idea how to install mono with gtksharp properly on windows, and believ
 ---
 
 ## compiling
+### dotnet
 ```
 dotnet build
 ```
 
+### mono
+it doesn't actually build with mono anymore because mono's C# version is too old, and these instructions are wrong anyway, but it's something like
+```
+mcs -pkg:gtk-sharp-3.0 -resource:ui/main.glade -resource:ui/add.glade -resource:ui/settings.glade *.cs
+```
+
 ---
 ## running
+### dotnet
 ```
 dotnet run
 ```
 
----
+### mono
-## compiling a standalone version
+```
-the standalone versions are rather big, so it's a good idea to compress them for distribution.
+mono ./BuypeebApp.exe
-### linux
+```
-run `./release.sh`.
 
-the binary will be located at `./out/release/linux/buypeeb`, with a [zstandard](https://facebook.github.io/zstd/) compressed version at `buypeeb.tar.zst` in the same directory.
-
-### windows
-run `.\release.ps1`.
-
-the binary will be located at `.\out\release\windows\buybeep.exe`, with a zip compressed version at `buypeep.zip` in the same directory.
-
-unfortunately, however, this program won't work on machines that don't have GTK3 installed, and installing GTK3 is [quite an undertaking](https://www.gtk.org/docs/installations/windows/). a solution for this is [in the works](https://github.com/GtkSharp/GtkSharp/issues/119), but there's not really anything to be done about it right now.

release.ps1

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-dotnet publish -c Release -r win-x64 --output ./out/release/windows/ -p:PublishSingleFile=true -p:PublishTrimmed=true
-$compress = @{
-  Path = "out\release\windows\buypeeb.exe"
-  DestinationPath = "out\release\windows\buypeeb.zip"
-}
-Compress-Archive @compress

release.sh

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 #!/bin/sh
-dotnet publish -c Release -r linux-x64 --output ./out/release/linux/ -p:PublishSingleFile=true -p:PublishTrimmed=true
+dotnet publish -c Release -r linux-x64 --output ./out/release/linux/ -p:PublishSingleFile=true -p:PublishTrimmed=true
-tar caf ./out/release/linux/buypeeb.tar.zst ./out/release/linux/buypeeb