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+Welcome to tmux!
+================
+
+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/ThomasAdam/tmux.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/ThomasAdam/tmux)
+
+tmux is a "terminal multiplexer", it enables a number of terminals (or windows)
+to be accessed and controlled from a single terminal. tmux is intended to be a
+simple, modern, BSD-licensed alternative to programs such as GNU screen.
+
+This release runs on FreeBSD, NetBSD, Linux and OS X and may still run on
+Solaris and AIX.
+
+tmux depends on libevent 2.x. Download it from:
+
+	http://www.monkey.org/~provos/libevent/
+
+To build tmux from a release tarball, do:
+
+	$ ./configure && make
+	$ sudo make install
+
+To get and build the latest from version control:
+
+	$ git clone git://git.code.sf.net/p/tmux/tmux-code tmux
+	$ cd tmux
+	$ sh autogen.sh
+	$ ./configure && make
+
+For more information see https://sourceforge.net/scm/?type=git&group_id=200378
+and http://git-scm.com. Patches should be sent by email to the mailing list at
+tmux-users@lists.sourceforge.net.
+
+For documentation on using tmux, see the tmux.1 manpage. It can be viewed from
+the source tree with:
+
+	$ nroff -mdoc tmux.1|less
+
+Some common questions are answered in the FAQ file and a more extensive (but
+slightly out of date) guide is available in the OpenBSD FAQ at
+http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq7.html#tmux. A rough todo list is in the TODO
+file and some example configurations and a Vim syntax file are in the examples
+directory.
+
+For debugging, running tmux with -v or -vv will generate server and client log
+files in the current directory.
+
+tmux mailing lists are available. Visit:
+
+	https://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=200378
+
+Bug reports, feature suggestions and especially code contributions are most
+welcome. Please send by email to:
+
+	tmux-users@lists.sourceforge.net
+
+This file and the CHANGES, FAQ, TODO, and SYNCING files are licensed under
+the ISC license. Files under examples/ remain copyright their authors unless
+otherwise stated in the file but permission has been received to distribute
+them with tmux. All other files have a license and copyright notice at their
+start.