From 49d3bbef85d5c4481b39201bf0151ba6052f0c3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Magdalena Szweda <roughlynamed@disroot.org>
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2026 21:35:17 +0200
Subject: readme: update readme with emacs-speficic stuff and add the main
 evergarden preview

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 README.md                    |  23 +++++++++++++++++++----
 assets/previews/preview.webp | Bin 0 -> 161430 bytes
 evergarden-theme.el          |   1 +
 3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 assets/previews/preview.webp
 create mode 120000 evergarden-theme.el

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5b15904..a658150 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <h3 align="center">
   <img src="https://codeberg.org/evergarden/.profile/raw/branch/main/assets/logo-circle.png" width="100" alt="Logo"/><br/>
-  Evergarden for <a href="https://codeberg.org/evergarden/template">App</a>
+  Evergarden for <a href="https://codeberg.org/roughlynamed/emacs-evergarden">Emacs</a>
 </h3>
 
 <p align="center">
@@ -38,11 +38,26 @@
   <img src="assets/previews/summer.webp"/>
 </details>
 
+<!-- TODO: get to MELPA soon  -->
 ### Usage
+1. Download the theme file
+2. Add the directory with the theme file to your `custom-theme-load-path` and load the theme
 
-1. Get the link to the raw theme file of your choice.
-2. Open the app and go to `Themes` -> `Import from url`.
-3. Enter the link you copied in the input field.
+``` emacs-lisp
+(package-install 'modus-themes)
+(package-install 'ef-themes)
+
+(add-to-list 'custom-theme-load-path
+             "/path/to/evergarden-theme.el/directory")
+(load-theme 'evergarden t)
+```  
+For package-style loading:  
+
+``` emacs-lisp
+(add-to-list 'load-path "/path/to/evergarden-theme.el/directory")
+(require 'evergarden)
+(load-theme 'evergarden t)
+```
 
 ### Thanks to <3
 
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diff --git a/evergarden-theme.el b/evergarden-theme.el
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@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/home/sophie/stow/doom/.config/doom/extra-themes/evergarden-theme.el
\ No newline at end of file
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