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+# DWM Files
+*.o
+*.orig
+dwm
+config.h
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-dwm - dynamic window manager
-============================
-dwm is an extremely fast, small, and dynamic window manager for X.
+# dwm - dynamic window manager
 
+Sravan's custom build of dwm. Original dwm build by suckless team found here: [https://dwm.suckless.org](https://dwm.suckless.org)
+
+## Requirements
 
-Requirements
-------------
 In order to build dwm you need the Xlib header files.
 
+## Installation
 
-Installation
-------------
-Edit config.mk to match your local setup (dwm is installed into
+Edit [config.mk](config.mk) to match your local setup (dwm is installed into
 the /usr/local namespace by default).
 
 Afterwards enter the following command to build and install dwm (if
 necessary as root):
 
-    make clean install
+```
+make clean install
+```
 
+## Running dwm
 
-Running dwm
------------
 Add the following line to your .xinitrc to start dwm using startx:
 
-    exec dwm
+```
+exec dwm
+```
 
 In order to connect dwm to a specific display, make sure that
 the DISPLAY environment variable is set correctly, e.g.:
 
-    DISPLAY=foo.bar:1 exec dwm
+```
+DISPLAY=foo.bar:1 exec dwm
+```
 
 (This will start dwm on display :1 of the host foo.bar.)
 
 In order to display status info in the bar, you can do something
 like this in your .xinitrc:
 
-    while xsetroot -name "`date` `uptime | sed 's/.*,//'`"
-    do
-    	sleep 1
-    done &
-    exec dwm
+```
+while xsetroot -name "`date` `uptime | sed 's/.*,//'`"
+do
+    sleep 1
+done &
+exec dwm
+```
 
+## Configuration
 
-Configuration
--------------
 The configuration of dwm is done by creating a custom config.h
 and (re)compiling the source code.