From bc3809f2f50d84073f8952b578fc52859cd9f126 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Xiao X <103391432+QXIoa@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 25 May 2026 22:29:01 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] add instructions for compilation

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 README.md | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8aaba0f..bac2eb3 100644
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 A multi-purpose Cryptography library in Java. Working on it day by day, slowly. Someday this will become used, today is not that day.
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+Use `setopt interactivecomments` (zsh only) to disable errors like `zsh: command not found: #`
+Ensure Java + javac are installed, on MacOS it can be installed with Homebrew by running `brew install openjdk`
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+To compile on MacOS 26 (may work on other OS, idk):
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+1- mkdir -p out # create output directory
+2- javac -d out $(find src -name "*.java") # converts .java into .class bytecode
+3- jar cfe XACrypto.jar de.caydenno1.xacrypto.XACrypto -C out . # package the .class files into a .jar
+4(optional)- jar tf XACrypto.jar # view the contents of the jarfile