diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 49d90de..36a9d28 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -39,3 +39,4 @@ CMakeLists.txt.user
 # dev generated files
 nohup.out
 *.tmp
+err.txt
diff --git a/EventHandler.cpp b/EventHandler.cpp
index b1e7d10..2c04ee6 100644
--- a/EventHandler.cpp
+++ b/EventHandler.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #include "EventHandler.h"
-#include <Utility.h>
+#include "Utility.h"
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a82319c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+if [ -z "$PREFIX" ]; then
+    PREFIX="/usr"
+fi
+#IRR_INCDIR=
+#IRR_LIBDIR=
+FT2_INCDIR=$PREFIX/include/freetype2
+OUT_BIN=build/b3view
+#FT2_LIBDIR=
+OBJDIR="./build/tmp"
+
+# ^ build is in .gitignore
+
+if [ ! -d "$OBJDIR" ]; then
+    mkdir -p "$OBJDIR"
+fi
+
+# only for pc file if exists for irrlicht:
+#if [ -z "$PKG_CONFIG_PATH" ]; then
+#    PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$IRR_PATH
+#else
+#    PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$PKG_CONFIG_PATH:$IRR_PATH
+#fi
+#gcc -o build/b3view main.cpp Debug.cpp Engine.cpp EventHandler.cpp settings.cpp  UserInterface.cpp  Utility.cpp  View.cpp $(pkg-config --libs --cflags irrlicht --cflags freetype2)
+#^ can't find a pc file
+# gcc -o build/b3view main.cpp Debug.cpp Engine.cpp EventHandler.cpp settings.cpp  UserInterface.cpp  Utility.cpp  View.cpp -I$FT2_INCDIR
+
+# Qmake does the following:
+#g++ -c -pipe -g -w -fPIC -DQT_QML_DEBUG -I../b3view -I. -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/../lib64/qt5/mkspecs/linux-g++ -o tmp/main.o ../b3view/main.cpp
+#g++ -c -pipe -g -w -fPIC -DQT_QML_DEBUG -I../b3view -I. -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/../lib64/qt5/mkspecs/linux-g++ -o tmp/Engine.o ../b3view/Engine.cpp
+#g++ -c -pipe -g -w -fPIC -DQT_QML_DEBUG -I../b3view -I. -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/../lib64/qt5/mkspecs/linux-g++ -o tmp/EventHandler.o ../b3view/EventHandler.cpp
+#g++ -c -pipe -g -w -fPIC -DQT_QML_DEBUG -I../b3view -I. -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/../lib64/qt5/mkspecs/linux-g++ -o tmp/UserInterface.o ../b3view/UserInterface.cpp
+#g++ -c -pipe -g -w -fPIC -DQT_QML_DEBUG -I../b3view -I. -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/../lib64/qt5/mkspecs/linux-g++ -o tmp/Debug.o ../b3view/Debug.cpp
+#g++ -c -pipe -g -w -fPIC -DQT_QML_DEBUG -I../b3view -I. -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/../lib64/qt5/mkspecs/linux-g++ -o tmp/View.o ../b3view/View.cpp
+#g++ -c -pipe -g -w -fPIC -DQT_QML_DEBUG -I../b3view -I. -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/../lib64/qt5/mkspecs/linux-g++ -o tmp/CGUITTFont.o ../b3view/extlib/CGUITTFont.cpp
+#g++ -c -pipe -g -w -fPIC -DQT_QML_DEBUG -I../b3view -I. -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/../lib64/qt5/mkspecs/linux-g++ -o tmp/Utility.o ../b3view/Utility.cpp
+#g++ -c -pipe -g -w -fPIC -DQT_QML_DEBUG -I../b3view -I. -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/../lib64/qt5/mkspecs/linux-g++ -o tmp/settings.o ../b3view/settings.cpp
+#g++  -o build/b3view tmp/main.o tmp/Engine.o tmp/EventHandler.o tmp/UserInterface.o tmp/Debug.o tmp/View.o tmp/CGUITTFont.o tmp/Utility.o tmp/settings.o   -lIrrlicht -lX11 -lGL -lXxf86vm -lXcursor -lstdc++fs -lfreetype
+
+# based on the above (some options are unclear):
+g++ -c -pipe -g -fPIC -I../b3view -I$FT2_INCDIR -o $OBJDIR/main.o ../b3view/main.cpp
+g++ -c -pipe -g -fPIC -I../b3view -I$FT2_INCDIR -o $OBJDIR/Engine.o ../b3view/Engine.cpp
+g++ -c -pipe -g -fPIC -I../b3view -I$FT2_INCDIR -o $OBJDIR/EventHandler.o ../b3view/EventHandler.cpp
+g++ -c -pipe -g -fPIC -I../b3view -I$FT2_INCDIR -o $OBJDIR/UserInterface.o ../b3view/UserInterface.cpp
+g++ -c -pipe -g -fPIC -I../b3view -I$FT2_INCDIR -o $OBJDIR/View.o ../b3view/View.cpp
+g++ -c -pipe -g -fPIC -I../b3view -I$FT2_INCDIR -o $OBJDIR/Debug.o ../b3view/Debug.cpp
+g++ -c -pipe -g -fPIC -I../b3view -I$FT2_INCDIR -o $OBJDIR/CGUITTFont.o ../b3view/extlib/CGUITTFont.cpp
+g++ -c -pipe -g -fPIC -I../b3view -I$FT2_INCDIR -o $OBJDIR/Utility.o ../b3view/Utility.cpp
+g++ -c -pipe -g -fPIC -I../b3view -I$FT2_INCDIR -o $OBJDIR/settings.o ../b3view/settings.cpp
+#-w: suppress warning
+# -I.: include the current directory (suppresses errors when using include < instead of include "
+#-pipe: "Use pipes rather than intermediate files."
+#Options starting with -g, -f, -m, -O, -W, or --param are automatically
+# passed on to the various sub-processes invoked by g++.  In order to pass
+# other options on to these processes the -W<letter> options must be used.
+rm "$OUT_BIN"
+if [ -f "$OUT_BIN" ]; then
+    echo "Error: $OUT_BIN couldn't be deleted."
+    exit 1
+fi
+g++  -o build/b3view $OBJDIR/main.o $OBJDIR/Engine.o $OBJDIR/EventHandler.o $OBJDIR/UserInterface.o $OBJDIR/Debug.o $OBJDIR/View.o $OBJDIR/CGUITTFont.o $OBJDIR/Utility.o $OBJDIR/settings.o -lIrrlicht -lX11 -lGL -lXxf86vm -lXcursor -lstdc++fs -lfreetype
+if [ ! -f "$OUT_BIN" ]; then
+    echo "Error: $OUT_BIN couldn't be built."
+    exit 1
+else
+    echo "Building $OUT_BIN is complete."
+fi
diff --git a/build/b3view b/build/b3view
deleted file mode 120000
index e9db87d..0000000
--- a/build/b3view
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/home/owner/git/build-b3view-Desktop-Release/build/b3view
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build/b3view b/build/b3view
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..97b76c8
Binary files /dev/null and b/build/b3view differ
diff --git a/settings.cpp b/settings.cpp
index f760704..a1df4a7 100644
--- a/settings.cpp
+++ b/settings.cpp
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ void Settings::clear_types()
 
 bool Settings::load(std::string path)
 {
+    bool readable = false;
     this->section = "";
     this->path = path;
     fstream newfile;
@@ -135,13 +136,16 @@ bool Settings::load(std::string path)
             }
         }
         newfile.close();
+        readable = true;
     }
     this->section = "";
     this->pre = "";
+    return readable;
 }
 
 bool Settings::save(std::string path)
 {
+    bool ok = true;
     this->path = path;
     ofstream myfile;
     myfile.open(path, ios::out); // default is ios_base::out
@@ -171,7 +175,7 @@ bool Settings::save(std::string path)
         }
     }
     myfile.close();
-    return true;
+    return ok;
 }
 
 bool Settings::save()
@@ -179,17 +183,17 @@ bool Settings::save()
     if (this->path.length() == 0) {
         throw std::string("There is no path during save().");
     }
-    this->save(this->path);
+    return this->save(this->path);
 }
 
 string Settings::ao_trimmed()
 {
-    Utility::trim(this->ao_and_spacing);
+    return Utility::trim(this->ao_and_spacing);
 }
 
 string Settings::cm_trimmed()
 {
-    Utility::trim(this->cm_and_spacing);
+    return Utility::trim(this->cm_and_spacing);
 }
 
 bool Settings::check_type(std::string typeStr, std::string name)
@@ -230,7 +234,7 @@ void Settings::set_cm_and_spacing(std::string commentMark)
     this->cm_and_spacing = commentMark;
 }
 
-bool Settings::set_all_auto(std::map<std::string, std::string> table)
+void Settings::set_all_auto(std::map<std::string, std::string> table)
 {
     std::map<std::string, std::string>::iterator it;
     for (it = table.begin(); it != table.end(); it++) {
diff --git a/settings.h b/settings.h
index 8749e9c..4818307 100644
--- a/settings.h
+++ b/settings.h
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public:
     bool exists(std::string name);
     void set_ao_and_spacing(std::string assignmentOperator);
     void set_cm_and_spacing(std::string commentMark);
-    bool set_all_auto(std::map<std::string, std::string> table);
+    void set_all_auto(std::map<std::string, std::string> table);
     void set_section(std::string sectionName);
     void set_raw(std::string name, std::string value);
     bool set(std::string name, std::string value);