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docs: per-distribution install steps, and state that this is Linux only - #6
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…nux only Adds copy-paste install blocks for Arch, Debian/Ubuntu, Fedora and openSUSE, plus a universal pip fallback. They install the optional Qt interface from the distribution rather than pip, which tends to match the system theme better; the core still needs nothing. Also notes the tkinter gotcha: Debian and Ubuntu do not ship tkinter with Python, so the fallback interface needs python3-tk. A macOS section was requested and is deliberately absent. The driver reads /sys/class/hidraw/, opens /dev/hidraw* and uses the HIDIOCSFEATURE ioctl — all Linux kernel interfaces. macOS exposes HID through IOKit and has no hidraw, so a port means a second backend for core/device.py, most likely over hidapi, which would cost the core its zero-dependency property. Writing install instructions for a platform where nothing can work would only waste people's time, so the README says why instead, and points at the three functions that would have to be reimplemented. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Copy-paste install blocks for Arch, Debian/Ubuntu, Fedora and openSUSE, plus a universal pip fallback, and the tkinter gotcha on Debian (
python3-tkis not installed with Python there).macOS instructions were requested and are deliberately absent: the driver reads
/sys/class/hidraw/, opens/dev/hidraw*and uses theHIDIOCSFEATUREioctl — Linux kernel interfaces with no macOS equivalent. A port needs a second backend over IOKit or hidapi. The README now says so, and points at the three functions that would have to be reimplemented, instead of sending people down a dead end.🤖 Generated with Claude Code