RETUI does not need an onboarding obstacle course.

Start with the obvious thing

RETUI is command-first, but that does not mean every action needs a special incantation. If you want an app, type its name. Suggestions appear under the input so you do not have to remember the exact spelling.

Firefox
Signal
Camera

You can browse instead when memory is not the right tool. `apps -ls` opens the app drawer, and the same apps remain available from the prompt.

Help should live where the questions happen

`help` prints the workstation quickstart and the current command list. Add a command name when you need its actual syntax. That is more reliable than finding an old screenshot or a command from a build you are not running.

help
help apps
help alias
help wallpaper
help module

The full command map is useful when you want to explore, but you do not need to read it before using RETUI.

The guide waits until you ask for it

Type `guide` to see the available paths. The walkthrough prints each step in the terminal and places the current command beside its controls in the normal suggestion row. It does not block the launcher with a separate tutorial screen.

While a guide is active, its command and controls own the suggestion row. That keeps the next step visible. `guide -off` gives the row back to apps, aliases, modules, and commands immediately.

Three ideas unlock most of RETUI

The command surface, configuration, and modules look like separate systems at first. They are really three levels of the same idea: act quickly, shape the launcher, then add the small tools you actually need.

Presets sit between those levels. They let you save a visual state and return to it later. Wallpaper auto-colour can create a palette from the current wallpaper, but it remains separate from the presets you choose to keep.

A useful first ten minutes

This is not a mandatory setup sequence. It is a small route through the parts that make the launcher feel less like a demo and more like yours.

guide -start basics
alias -add ll apps -ls
apps -hide <app>
wallpaper -auto
preset -save mylook
module -ls
files

`alias` gives your repeated commands names. Hiding an app removes it from normal suggestions and drawer views without uninstalling it. `wallpaper -auto` and `preset -save` turn a generated colour state into something you can return to. `files` crosses into the yellow RETUI Files surface when the job is file management.

If a large visual change has not appeared everywhere yet, run `restart` to reload the launcher cleanly.

You can stop here

Termux, Lua modules, Tasker, Spaces, and direct config editing are there when you have a reason to reach for them. They are not homework for earning the right to use the launcher.

The command line becomes fast because it learns your habits through aliases, groups, presets, and modules. That takes time. RETUI should still be useful before any of that exists.