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-dmenu - dynamic menu
-====================
-dmenu is an efficient dynamic menu for X.
-
-
-Requirements
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-In order to build dmenu you need the Xlib header files.
-
-
-Installation
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-Edit config.mk to match your local setup (dmenu is installed into
-the /usr/local namespace by default).
-
-Afterwards enter the following command to build and install dmenu
-(if necessary as root):
-
-    make clean install
-
-
-Running dmenu
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-See the man page for details.