new cunew workflows

Author: gbin

book/src/ch03-setup.md

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Setting Up Your Environment
 
-Before we can build a Copper project, we need Rust and the Copper project template.
+Before we can build a Copper project, we need Rust 1.95 or newer and the Copper project
+bootstrap tool.
 
 ## Install Rust
 
@@ -10,34 +11,27 @@ Follow the official installation guide at <https://rust-lang.org/tools/install/>
 curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
 ```
 
-After installation, make sure `cargo` is available:
+After installation, make sure `cargo` is available and recent enough:
 
 ```bash
 cargo --version
+rustc --version
 ```
 
-## Install cargo-generate
+## Install cargo-cunew
 
-`cargo-generate` lets you scaffold a new Copper project from the official template:
+`cargo-cunew` scaffolds a new Copper project from the official Copper templates:
 
 ```bash
-cargo install cargo-generate
+cargo install cargo-cunew
 ```
 
 ## Generate our first simple Copper project
 
-Clone the copper-rs repository and use the built-in template tool:
+Generate a new project directly:
 
 ```bash
-git clone https://github.com/copper-project/copper-rs
-cd copper-rs/templates
-
-cargo +stable generate \
-    --path cu_project \
-    --name my_project \
-    --destination . \
-    --define copper_source=local \
-    --define copper_root_path=../..
+cargo cunew my_project
 ```
 
 This generates a complete, ready-to-compile Copper project at the path you specify.
@@ -77,4 +71,4 @@ It will compile and run, and you'll start to receive some messages:
 00:00:01.1781 [Debug] Sink Received message: 43
 ```
 
-Kill the process and let's move to the next chapter.
+Kill the process and let's move to the next chapter.

book/src/ch15-workspace.md

@@ -11,15 +11,10 @@ generate one and understand its layout.
 
 ## Generating a workspace
 
-From the `templates/` directory inside the copper-rs repository, run:
+Use `cargo-cunew` with the workspace template:
 
 ```bash
-cargo +stable generate \
-    --path cu_full \
-    --name my_workspace \
-    --destination . \
-    --define copper_source=local \
-    --define copper_root_path=../..
+cargo cunew --template workspace my_workspace
 ```
 
 This creates a `my_workspace/` directory with a full workspace layout.
@@ -72,7 +67,7 @@ resolver = "2"
 cu29 = { path = "../../core/cu29" }
 cu29-export = { path = "../../core/cu29_export" }
 bincode = { package = "cu-bincode", version = "2.0", default-features = false, features = ["derive", "alloc"] }
-serde = { version = "*", features = ["derive"] }
+serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 ```
 
 Every crate in the workspace references these shared dependencies with

book/src/ch21-resources.md

@@ -47,17 +47,18 @@ cargo run -p cu_missions
 ## Project templates
 
 We used `cu_project` (Chapter 3) and `cu_full` (Chapter 15) to scaffold our projects, but
-the templates directory has more to offer:
+the bundled template tree has more to offer:
 
 ```text
-templates/
+support/cargo_cunew/templates/
 ├── cu_project/     # Simple single-crate project
 ├── cu_full/        # Multi-crate workspace with components
 └── README.md       # Detailed usage guide
 ```
 
-The `templates/README.md` documents all available `cargo generate` options, including how
-to use the `cunew` alias and the `just gen-workspace` / `just gen-project` shortcuts.
+The `support/cargo_cunew/templates/README.md` guide documents both `cargo cunew` and the
+direct `cargo generate` developer path, including the `just gen-workspace` / `just gen-project`
+shortcuts for template work inside the repo.
 
 ## Docker images