aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/README.md
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'README.md')
-rw-r--r--README.md23
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 60bd21f..54d0218 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,26 @@
#The Nerv Toolkit User Manual#
This user manual will information about how to use __Nerv__ and __Nerv__'s interface.
+##How to use##
+First make sure you have __lua__ and __CUDA__ installed on your computer.
+__Nerv__ is currently developed via github.You can download and make __Nerv__ by doing the following:
+```
+cd ~
+git clone https://github.com/Determinant/nerv.git
+cd nerv
+git submodule init && git submodule update
+make
+```
+The `git submodule` command is for the __luajit__ repository inside __Nerv__.
+Now, you can try to run some example scripts.
+```
+./nerv examples/cumatrix_example.lua
+```
+
+##How to contribute##
+Fork the original repository, then use the __pull&merge__ function in github to contribute.
+The pull&merge request can be found on your dashboard in github. See this [sync-help] to sync with the original repository.
+
##Nerv Packages##
* __luaT__
Nerv uses [luaT]\(a [Torch] library\) to define lua class in C.
@@ -10,4 +30,5 @@ Inlcudes some utility functions from luaT to implement __Nerv.Class__.
The Matrix package is a basic package in __Nerv__ that is used to store and manipulate matrices.
[luaT]:https://github.com/torch/torch7/tree/master/lib/luaT
-[Torch]:https://github.com/torch \ No newline at end of file
+[Torch]:https://github.com/torch
+[sync-help]:https://help.github.com/articles/syncing-a-fork/ \ No newline at end of file