From a69072ef513399414ed53564766ce7ad5f419dcf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robbert van der Helm Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2025 21:47:36 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add a readme section on using WINELOADER --- README.md | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 4d08de47..10d59fb9 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ while also staying easy to debug and maintain. - [**Usage**](#usage) - [Bitbridge](#bitbridge) - [Wine prefixes](#wine-prefixes) + - [Using different Wine versions](#using-different-wine-versions) - [Drag-and-drop](#drag-and-drop) - [Input focus grabbing](#input-focus-grabbing) - [Downgrading Wine](#downgrading-wine) @@ -170,6 +171,17 @@ plugin's `.dll`, `.vst3`, or `.clap` file is located in. Alternatively, you can set the `WINEPREFIX` environment variable to override the Wine prefix for _all yabridge plugins_. +### Using different Wine versions + +If the `WINELOADER` environment variable is set, then yabridge will use that +binary to run Wine. Otherwise it will use whatever `wine` binary is available on +the search path instead. + +See +[`yabridge-bottles-wineloader`](https://github.com/microfortnight/yabridge-bottles-wineloader) +for a community project to integrate yabridge with +[Bottles](https://usebottles.com/). + ### Drag-and-drop Yabridge supports drag-and-drop both from a native (X11) Linux application to