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authorMichael Cardell Widerkrantz <mc@hack.org>2011-08-29 15:09:10 +0200
committerMichael Cardell Widerkrantz <mc@hack.org>2011-08-29 15:09:10 +0200
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Added section about compiling under Debian.
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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ This is a window manager for the X Window System written entirely with
XCB, the straight X protocol binding to the C language. It doesn't use
libX11 at all.
-It's a minimalistic, floating window manager. The only window
+mcwm is a rather minimalist, floating window manager. The only window
decoration is a thin border. All functions can be done with the
keyboard, but moving, resizing, raising and lowering can also be done
with the mouse.
@@ -14,6 +14,15 @@ look in the config.h file, change and recompile.
See the manual page for how to use it.
+== Compiling ==
+
+As distributed mcwm compiles fine under FreeBSD. If you want to
+compile mcwm under Debian-derived GNU/Linux systems you will need
+these packages and their dependencies: libxcb1-dev, libxcb-atom1-dev,
+libxcb-keysyms1-dev, libxcb-icccm1-dev, libxcb-randr0-dev.
+
+Other system are likely to have similar requirements.
+
== More information & Contact ==
Please see: