+<p align="center">
+ <img src="/demo.gif", title="demo"/>
+</p>
+
+# XMenu
+
+XMenu is a menu utility for X.
+XMenu receives a menu specification in stdin, shows a menu for the user
+to select one of the options, and outputs the option selected to stdout.
+XMenu can be controlled both via mouse and via keyboard. The menu is a
+pop-up menu (that is, after selecting an option, the menu disappears).
+
+Check out my other project, [xclickroot](https://github.com/phillbush/xclickroot) for an application that can
+spawn xmenu by right clicking on the root window (i.e. on the desktop).
+
+
+## Features
+
+XMenu comes with the following features:
+
+* XMenu reads something in and prints something out, the UNIX way.
+* Submenus (some menu entries can spawn another menu).
+* Separators (menu entries can be separated by a line).
+* Icons (menu entries can be preceded by an icon image).
+
+
+## Files
+
+The files are:
+
+* `./README`: This file.
+* `./Makefile`: The makefile.
+* `./config.h`: The hardcoded default configuration for XMenu.
+* `./config.mk`: The setup for the makefile.
+* `./demo.gif`: A gif demonstrating how XMenu works.
+* `./xmenu.1`: The manual file (man page) for XMenu.
+* `./xmenu.c`: The source code of XMenu.
+* `./xmenu.sh`: A sample script illustrating how to use XMenu.
+* `./icons/`: Icons for the sample script
+
+
+## Installation
+
+First, edit `./config.mk` to match your local setup.
+
+In order to build XMenu you need the `Imlib2`, `Xlib` and `Xft` header files.
+The default configuration for XMenu is specified in the file `config.h`,
+you can edit it, but most configuration can be changed at runtime via
+X resources. Enter the following command to build XMenu. This command
+creates the binary file `./xmenu`.
+
+ make
+
+By default, XMenu is installed into the `/usr/local` prefix. Enter the
+following command to install XMenu (if necessary as root). This command
+installs the binary file `./xmenu` into the `${PREFIX}/bin/` directory, and
+the manual file `./xmenu.1` into `${MANPREFIX}/man1/` directory.
+
+ make install
+
+
+## Running XMenu
+
+XMenu receives as input a menu specification where each line is a menu
+entry. Each line can be indented with tabs to represent nested menus.
+Each line is made out of a label and a command separated by any number
+of tabs. Lines without labels are menu separators.
+
+See the script `./xmenu.sh` for an example of how to use XMenu to draw a
+simple menu with submenus and separators. The file `./demo.gif` shows how
+the menu generated by that script looks like.
+
+Read the manual for more information on running XMenu.
+
+
+## License
+
+MIT/X Consortium License
+
+© 2020 phillbush
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
+copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
+to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
+the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
+and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
+Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
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+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
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