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-                                 XMenu
-
+<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[0] for an application that can
+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).
 
-[0]: https://github.com/phillbush/xclickroot
 
-
-§ Features
+## 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).
+
+* 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
+## 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
+
+*  `./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
+## Installation
 
-First, edit ./config.mk to match your local setup.
+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,
+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.
+creates the binary file `./xmenu`.
 
 	make
 
-By default, XMenu is installed into the /usr/local prefix.  Enter the
+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 ${MANPREFIX}/man1/ directory.
+installs the binary file `./xmenu` into the `${PREFIX}/bin/` directory, and
+the manual file `./xmenu.1` into `${MANPREFIX}/man1/` directory.
 
 	make install
 
 
-§ Running XMenu
+## 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
+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
+## License
 
 MIT/X Consortium License