Programs

Programs in Shivtanium are applications that show up on the left side of the application launcher.

Programs are folders located in ~\Shivtanium\Programs as folders.

A program folder must contain a shivtanium.dat file with metadata

Metadata

The shivtanium.dat file contains metadata and information stored with the following format:

attribute=value

The following attributes are required for programs to be valid:

• name - Just the name of the program. Should be short.
• info - A quick overview about the program. Example: calculator - A simple calculator for Shivtanium.
• path - The path to the main script.
  • It can be a BXF file which will be compiled. (should be only used for developers, not a final release)
  • It can be in a subdirectory of the program. (Example: scripts\main.bat) Optional attributes:
• authors - Authors & contributors of the project.
• copyright - Copyright information about the program.