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+mcwm (Minimalist X11 floating window manager)
+
mcwm is a minimalist window manager for the X Window System written
directly on top of the X protocol C-language Binding, XCB. It is a
traditional floating window manager with no fancy smarts like those in
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* Written in straight C (C99).
* Written using only XCB.
* Few dependencies.
+
+Since most config options are compiled in, rather than read from
+a config file, this build allows a user-supplied config.h. To
+customize the config, use a sequence of commands like:
+
+# sh extractconfig.sh
+# vi config.h # or emacs, nano, etc
+# ./mcwm.SlackBuild
+
+If there's a config.h in the SlackBuild's directory, it will be
+used instead of the default one.