Fixed howto, added example

6 files changed, 45 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 131c7ed..a1b260a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ A simple set of basic routines for working with a 3x3x3 Rubik's Cube.
 
 ## How to use CubeCore
 
-(More details coming soon)
+See the example in `example/` for details.
 
 0. Requirements: a C99 compiler (e.g. GCC)
 
@@ -15,12 +15,20 @@ $ make
 $ make test # optional
 ```
 
-2. Include in your C or C++ project
+2. Include in your C project
 
 ```
 #include "cube.h"
 ```
 
+or in your C++ project
+
+```
+extern "C" {
+#include "cube.h"
+}
+```
+
 3. Compile including the `cube.o` file
 
 ```
diff --git a/cube.o b/cube.o
index 9f4fb3d..e61cb30 100644
--- a/cube.o
+++ b/cube.o
diff --git a/example/a.out b/example/a.out
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ef2babe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/a.out
diff --git a/example/compile.sh b/example/compile.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4ce3bd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/compile.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+g++ example.cpp ../cube.o
diff --git a/example/example.cpp b/example/example.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..60c998f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/example.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#include <cinttypes>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <vector>
+
+extern "C" {
+#include "../cube.h"
+}
+
+cube_t apply_alg(cube_t cube, std::vector<move_t> *moves) {
+        auto ret = cube;
+
+        for (auto m : *moves)
+                ret = cube_move(ret, m);
+
+        return ret;
+}
+
+int main() {
+        auto cube = cube_new();
+        auto moves = new std::vector<move_t> { R, U, R3, U3 };
+        char cstr[500];
+
+        std::cout << "The solved cube looks like this in H48 notation:\n";
+        cube_write((char *)"H48", cube, cstr);
+        std::string solvedstr(cstr);
+        std::cout << solvedstr << "\n";
+        std::cout << "After a sexy move it looks like this:\n";
+        cube = apply_alg(cube, moves);
+        cube_write((char *)"H48", cube, cstr);
+        std::string sexystr(cstr);
+        std::cout << sexystr << "\n";
+        
+        return 0;
+}
diff --git a/example/example.o b/example/example.o
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af95a15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/example.o