more standardized binaries, better README

README

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 GNU Taler Wallet
 ================
 
-Cross-browser GNU Taler wallet written for the WebExtensions API.
+This package implements a wallet for GNU Taler in TypeScript.
+
+It can be run on different platforms:
+1. As a cross-browser extension, written for the WebExtension API
+2. As a Node.JS package
+
+
+Dependencies
+============
+
+Dependencies are managed as NPM dependencies.  For performance reasons,
+we use `yarn' as a replacement for `npm' in the build system.
+
+For cryptographic operations, the wallet uses an emscripten-compiled
+library.  The binary files for this library are in `./emscripten'.
+The instructions for building this binary from scrach can be found
+in the libtaler-emscripten repository:
+
+https://git.taler.net/libtalerutil-emscripten.git/
+
+
+Building from source (Web Extension)
+======================================
+
+Run `./configure && make' to create an archive
+containing the extension in ./build/taler-wallet-$VERSION.zip
+
+
+Building from source (Node.JS)
+======================================
+
+Run `./configure && make tsc' to build the wallet.  The command line
+interface for the wallet is available in `./bin/taler-wallet-cli'.
 
 
 Installation
 ============
 
-Run `./configure && make' to create an archive
+To install the package permanently on your system, run:
-containing the extension in ./build/taler-wallet-$VERSION.zip
 
-Dependencies
+$ npm install -g --prefix $PREFIX .
-============
 
-See thirdparty/README for a list of dependencies that are checked into this
+The binaries will be installed to `$PREFIX/bin'.
-repository as a git subtree.
-
-This project also has the following third-party runtime dependencies, which
-are checked in compiled or minified form:
-- React (Facebook Inc., BSD License)
-
-
-Emscripten compiled dependencies:
-* libgnunetutil
-* libgnunetjson
-* libgcrypt
-* libunistring
-
-
-Documentation
-=============
-
-See the documentation at http://doc.taler.net/dev-wallet-wx.html

bin/taler-wallet-cli

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+#!/usr/bin/env node
+require('../dist/node/headless/taler-wallet-cli.js')

package.json

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   "bin": {
     "taler-wallet-cli": "./bin/taler-wallet-cli"
   },
+  "scripts": {
+    "build": "make tsc"
+  },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/moment": "^2.13.0",
     "@types/react": "^16.4.0",