From c8d22319e7442e115477784758bf99652a6e0598 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Harvey Fong <harvey@oomer.org>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2026 18:31:29 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] 2026 cleanup pass, modernized for Linux, MacOS..win half done

---
 README.md | 104 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------
 1 file changed, 56 insertions(+), 48 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d206116..342769e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,65 +16,73 @@ It is a modern C++ library that provides a functional approach to building termi
 
 ```
 workdir/
-├── FXTUI/
+├── FTXUI/
 ├── poomer-fxtui-modal_select/
+└── cmake/ (macos)
+```
+
+## Ubuntu Linux x64
+```
+mkdir workdir && cd workdir
+mkdir FTXUI poomer-ftxui-modal_select && cd FTXUI
+git clone https://github.com/ArthurSonzogni/FTXUI .
+cmake -B ./build
+cmake --build ./build -j$(nproc)
+[OPTIONAL] cmake -B ./build -DFTXUI_BUILD_EXAMPLES=ON 
+cd ../poomer-ftxui-modal_select
+git clone https://git.indoodle.com/oomer/poomer-ftxui-modal_select.git .
+g++ poomer-ftxui-modal_select.cpp -o poomer-ftxui-modal_select -std=c++17 -I../FTXUI/include/ -L../FTXUI/build -lftxui-component -lftxui-dom -lftxui-screen -I.
+./poomer-ftxui-modal_select
 ```
 
 ## MacOS
-
 ```
-mkdir workdir
-cd workdir
-git clone https://github.com/ArthurSonzogni/FTXUI
-cd FXTUI
-mkdir build
-cd build
-/Applications/CMake.app/Contents/bin/cmake -DFTXUI_BUILD_EXAMPLES=ON ..
-make
-cd ../..
-git clone https://github.com/oomer/poomer-fxtui-modal_select.git
-cd poomer-fxtui-modal_select
+# Install xcode
+xcode-select --install
+
+mkdir workdir && cd workdir
+mkdir cmake FTXUI poomer-ftxui-modal_select && cd FTXUI
+
+# Build cmake
+cd cmake
+git clone https://github.com/Kitware/CMake.git .
+./configure
+make -j$(sysctl -n hw.ncpu)
+
+# Build ftxui
+cd ../FTXUI
+git clone https://github.com/ArthurSonzogni/FTXUI .
+../cmake/bin/cmake -B ./build
+../cmake/bin/cmake --build ./build -j$(sysctl -n hw.ncpu)
+cd ../poomer-ftxui-modal_select
+git clone https://git.indoodle.com/oomer/poomer-ftxui-modal_select.git .
 g++ poomer-ftxui-modal_select.cpp -o poomer-ftxui-modal_select -std=c++17 -I../FTXUI/include/ -L../FTXUI/build -lftxui-component -lftxui-dom -lftxui-screen -I.
+./poomer-ftxui-modal_select
 ```
 
-## Linux
 
-```
-mkdir workdir
-cd workdir
-git clone https://github.com/ArthurSonzogni/FTXUI
-cd FXTUI
-mkdir build
-cd build
-cmake ..
-[OPTIONAL] cmake -DFTXUI_BUILD_EXAMPLES=ON ..
-make
-cd ../..
-git clone https://github.com/oomer/poomer-fxtui-modal_select.git
-cd poomer-fxtui-modal_select
-g++ poomer-ftxui-modal_select.cpp -o poomer-ftxui-modal_select -std=c++17 -I../FTXUI/include/ -L../FTXUI/build -lftxui-component -lftxui-dom -lftxui-screen -I.
-```
+## Windows x64
+- Download Visual Studio Community Edition
+- Run VisualStudioSetup.exe
+- Workload = [x] Desktop development with C++
+- Individual components = [x] Git For Windows
 
-## Windows
-- Install Visual Studio Community 2022 
-- Add Desktop development with C++ workload
-- Launch x64 Native tools Command Prompt for VS2022
+#### x64 Native Tools for VS
+```
+mkdir workdir && cd workdir
+mkdir FTXUI poomer-ftxui-modal_select && cd FTXUI
+
+# Build FTXUI
+git clone https://github.com/ArthurSonzogni/FTXUI .
+cmake -B ./build --config=release
+[OPTIONAL] cmake -B ./build -DFTXUI_BUILD_EXAMPLES=ON 
+cmake --build ./build -j%NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS%
+
+# Build poomer-ftxui-modal-select
+cd ../poomer-ftxui-modal_select
+git clone https://git.indoodle.com/oomer/poomer-ftxui-modal_select.git .
+cl /MD /std:c++17 poomer-ftxui-modal_select.cpp Fe:poomer-ftxui-modal_select.exe /I..\FTXUI\include\ /I. /link ..\FTXUI\build\Release\ftxui-component.lib ..\FTXUI\build\Release\ftxui-screen.lib ..\FTXUI\build\Release\ftxui-dom.lib
 
 
 ```
-mkdir workdir
-cd workdir
-git clone https://github.com/ArthurSonzogni/FTXUI
-cd FXTUI
-mkdir build
-cd build
-cmake ..
-[OPTIONAL] cmake -DFTXUI_BUILD_EXAMPLES=ON ..
-cmake --build . --config Release
-[OTHER] msbuild ftxui.sln /p:Configuration=release /p:Platform=x64 /p:PlatformToolset=v143
-cd ../..
-git clone https://github.com/oomer/poomer-fxtui-modal_select.git
-cd poomer-fxtui-modal_select
-cl /MD /std:c++17 poomer-ftxui-modal_select.cpp /Fe:poomer-ftxui-modal_select.exe /I..\FTXUI\include\ /I. /link ..\FTXUI\build\Release\ftxui-component.lib ..\FTXUI\build\Release\ftxui-screen.lib ..\FTXUI\build\Release\ftxui-dom.lib
-```