From 06e068ea14220903bd95fea94d44fe3f1a918481 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pommicket <pommicket@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2025 20:28:11 -0400
Subject: Installable library

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 C parser for [POM configuration language](https://pom.computer)
 
+## About
+
+libpom has
+
+- small size (~20KB code+data)
+- support for custom memory allocation
+- no dependencies other than libc
+
+## Building
+
+Build with
+
+```
+make -j`nproc`
+```
+
+Install with
+```
+sudo make install
+```
+
+You can also do `PROFILE=Debug make` to build with debug information.
+
 ## Basic usage
 
 ```c
@@ -25,6 +48,10 @@ int main(void) {
 }
 ```
 
+Assuming you have run `make install`, you just need to add `-l:libpom.a` (or `-lpom` to
+use the shared library) to your compiler flags.
+
+
 See `examples/` directory for more examples.
 
 ## Contributing
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cgit v1.2.3