From f259c236957708bf54c8d54b0b6276490c09131e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kovid Goyal Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2018 17:19:05 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] Use the binary install instructions on the front-page Testing has revealed no problems with the binary installer, so make it live. Fixes #595 --- docs/binary.rst | 22 +++++++++++----------- docs/index.rst | 17 ++++++++--------- 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/binary.rst b/docs/binary.rst index f7db62272..cc267a7d0 100644 --- a/docs/binary.rst +++ b/docs/binary.rst @@ -19,6 +19,17 @@ The binaries will be installed in the standard location for your OS, Linux. The installer only touches files in that directory. +Manually installing +--------------------- + +If something goes wrong or you simply do not want to run the installer, you can +manually download and install |kitty| from the `GitHub releases page +`_. If you are on macOS, download +the :file:`.dmg` and install as normal. If you are on Linux, download the tarball +and extract it into a directory. The |kitty| executable will be in the +:file:`bin` sub-directory. + + Customizing the installation -------------------------------- @@ -48,17 +59,6 @@ Customizing the installation installer=/path/to/dmg or tarball -Manually installing ---------------------- - -If something goes wrong or you simply do not want to run the installer, you can -manually download and install |kitty| from the `GitHub releases page -`_. If you are on macOS, download -the :file:`.dmg` and install as normal. If you are on Linux, download the tarball -and extract it into a directory. The |kitty| executable will be in the -:file:`bin` sub-directory. - - Building from source ------------------------ diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst index 9509b32b6..cf240c677 100644 --- a/docs/index.rst +++ b/docs/index.rst @@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ kitty - the fast, featureful, GPU based, terminal emulator * Supports all modern terminal features: :doc:`graphics (images) `, unicode, true-color, OpenType ligatures, mouse - protocol, focus tracking, bracketed paste and several :doc:`new terminal + protocol, focus tracking, `bracketed paste + `_ and several :doc:`new terminal protocol extensions `. * Supports tiling multiple terminal windows side by side in different @@ -49,12 +50,11 @@ kitty - the fast, featureful, GPU based, terminal emulator Quickstart -------------- -If you are on macOS, simply download and install the ``.dmg`` from the `releases -page `_. +Pre-built binaries of |kitty| are available for both macOS and Linux. +See the :doc:`binary install instructions `. -If you are on Linux, install the |kitty| package if your distro provides it, -otherwise follow the :doc:`Build from source instructions `. |kitty| -packages are available for: +If you are on Linux, you can also use your distribution's |kitty| package. +|kitty| packages are available for: `Debian `_, `openSUSE `_, `Arch Linux `_, @@ -62,9 +62,8 @@ packages are available for: `Gentoo `_, `Fedora `_. - -See :doc:`Configuring kitty ` for help on configuring kitty and -:doc:`Invocation ` for the command line arguments kitty supports. +See :doc:`Configuring kitty ` for help on configuring |kitty| and +:doc:`Invocation ` for the command line arguments |kitty| supports. .. contents::