Vara Drawing Application v0.1.x
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A simple drawing application with pressure-sensitive brushes.

Copyright (C) Nandakumar Edamana <contact@nandakumar.co.in>

Website: https://nandakumar.co.in/software/vara/

CAUTION: Though tests show that Vara is surprisingly stable and useful, it is 
         still young, and crashes are expected. Do not use for serious work yet.

Licensing info
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This version of Vara is available under GNU General Public License, version 3. 
Additional term: make sure to use a different name than Vara when you modify 
this program for redistribution, but make it clear that your program is a 
derivative of Vara.

How to run?
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Sorry that the program requires instructions just to get it running. This will
no longer be the case once it gets packaged for your OS distro. Thank you for
your patience and being interested in trying it out.

(UPDATE: Vara is now available as flatpak and deb files; please check the 
         website.)

Since you are reading this file, I assume you've already extracted the Vara
tarball (the .tar.gz file that you've downloaded from nandakumar.co.in).
If not, right click on it and choose 'Extract Here' (the exact label may vary).

Inside the newly appeared folder (open it), there'll be a file named 'vara'
(no extension). Try double-clicking on it; that should launch the program.
If the application doesn't get launched within a second or two, your
file manager may not be supporting that method. There is a solution.

When double-clicking doesn't work
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If your file manger doesn't launch Vara when double-clicked on the executable
file, open the context menu by right-clicking on an empty area, choose
'Open in Terminal', and when the Terminal gets launched, issue this command
(type it and press Enter):

./vara

That should launch Vara. If there's some error, it'll also appear in the
Terminal.

The 'Open in Terminal' feature could also be missing, but that's a rare case
nowadays. If you are an advanced user, you know what to do. Email me otherwise.
