updated readme

.gitignore

@@ -32,3 +32,4 @@
 *.out
 *.app
 
+builds/

.vscode/tasks.json

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{
+    "tasks": [
+        {
+            "type": "cppbuild",
+            "label": "C/C++: g++ build active file",
+            "command": "/usr/bin/g++",
+            "args": [
+                "-fdiagnostics-color=always",
+                "-g",
+                "${file}",
+                "-o",
+                "${fileDirname}/${fileBasenameNoExtension}"
+            ],
+            "options": {
+                "cwd": "${fileDirname}"
+            },
+            "problemMatcher": [
+                "$gcc"
+            ],
+            "group": {
+                "kind": "build",
+                "isDefault": true
+            },
+            "detail": "Task generated by Debugger."
+        }
+    ],
+    "version": "2.0.0"
+}

README.md

@@ -4,22 +4,46 @@ A simple C++ program that owofies text
 
 ## Usage
 
+### normal usage:
 ```bash
 $ ./owo "Hello, world!"
 Hewwo, wowld!
 ```
 
-## Building
+### from pipe / stdin:
+```bash
+$ echo "Hello, world!" | ./owo -p
+Hewwo, wowld!
+```
 
+### from file:
+```bash
+$ ./owo -f file.txt
+Hewwo, wowld!
+```
+
+### to file:
+```bash
+$ ./owo -o output.txt "Hello, world!"
+```
+
+## Building
+to build the program, run the following command (note that you need g++ installed):
 ```bash
 $ g++ -o owo owo.cpp
 ```
 
 ## Installation
 
-archlinux:
+### archlinux:
 ```bash
 $ git clone `https://git.alfieking.dev/acetheking987/term-owo-cpp.git`
 $ cd term-owo-cpp
 $ makepkg -si
 ```
+
+### other distros:
+download the binary from the releases page or build from source
+
+## License
+This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for details

owo.cpp

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ int help() {
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     string input, inputfile, outputfile;
-    bool stdin = false;
+    bool _stdin = false;
 
     if (argc < 2) {
         cout << owo("No text provided") << endl << endl;
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
             outputfile = string(argv[i+1]);
             i++;
         } else if (string(argv[i]) == "-p") {
-            stdin = true;
+            _stdin = true;
         } else if (string(argv[i]) == "-h") {
             return help();
         } else if (i == argc-1) {
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         }
     }
     
-    if (stdin && inputfile != "" || stdin && input != "" || inputfile != "" && input != "") {
+    if (_stdin && inputfile != "" || _stdin && input != "" || inputfile != "" && input != "") {
         cout << owo("Cannot use multiple input methods at once") << endl << endl;
         help();
         return 1;
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         }
     }
 
-    if (stdin) {
+    if (_stdin) {
         while (getline(cin, input)) {
             if (outputfile != "") {
                 *output << owo(input) << endl;