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clarify what Teliva is

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## What's this, then?
An extremely naïve, [brutalist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brutalist_architecture)
attempt at packaging up simple [Lua](http://www.lua.org) apps with almost all
the stuff needed to edit and build them. You will need some Unix-like
platform[1] with a C compiler and the ncurses and openssl libraries.
environment for little text-mode [Lua](http://www.lua.org) apps that are easy
to modify.
Here's how you run one of the example apps (the [Tower of Hanoi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_Hanoi)):
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No matter what app you run, you are always guaranteed access to a single
obvious, consistent way (currently the hotkey `ctrl-e`) to edit its sources.
And to run the updates after editing. ([video](https://archive.org/details/akkartik-2021-11-14))
Make a change, hit `ctrl-e` again, and the app will run with your updates.
([video](https://archive.org/details/akkartik-2021-11-14))
[1] Tested so far on Linux, Mac OS X and OpenBSD; should also work on other
flavors of BSD, WSL on Windows, etc. with only minor modifications.
You will need some Unix-like platform with a C compiler and the ncurses and
openssl libraries. So far I've tested Teliva on Linux, Mac OS X and OpenBSD;
should also work on other flavors of BSD, WSL on Windows, etc. with only minor
modifications.
## Isn't this just an IDE?