---
name: "shoes"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "shoes"
version: "0.r396-5.3"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/shoes"
---

# shoes(1)

interpreter for Ruby files that use the Shoes library

## NAME

shoes - interpreter for Ruby files that use the Shoes library

## SYNOPSIS

**shoes** \[*options*\] *(app.rb or app.shy)*

## DESCRIPTION

Shoes is a very informal graphics and windowing toolkit for making simple graphical applications written in Ruby.  The **shoes** command is used to run these applications.  If no application is given on the command line, a file browser will be opened to let you pick one.  Supported file types are *.rb*, for plain Ruby files; or *.shy*, for compressed Shoes YAML archives.

## OPTIONS

This program follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (\`--'). A summary of the options supported by **shoes** is included below.

- **-h, --help**

  Show summary of options.

- **-m, --manual**

  Open the built-in manual.

- **-s, --shy DIRECTORY**

  Compress a directory into a Shoes YAML (SHY) archive.

## SEE ALSO

The built-in manual can be read by running **shoes -m**.

More information can be found on the Shoes website, at http://code.whytheluckystiff.net/shoes/.

## AUTHOR

Shoes was written by why the lucky stiff \<why@whytheluckystiff.net\>.

This manual page was written by Bram Senders \<bram@luon.net\>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).