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+.TH TINT 1 "2008-09-05"
+.\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage.
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+.SH NAME
+tint \- lightweight taskbar
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B tint
+.br
+.B tint
+.RI -c
+.IR /path/to/config/file
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+This manual page documents briefly the
+.B tint
+command.
+.PP
+.\" TeX users may be more comfortable with the \fB<whatever>\fP and
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+.\" respectively.
+\fBtint\fP is a simple panel/taskbar intentionally made for openbox3, but
+should also work with other window managers. It's based on ttm code. The goal is to keep a clean and unintrusive look with code lightweight and
+compliance with freedesktop specifications.
+.PP
+On the first startup tint creates a config file in $HOME/.config/tint/tintrc.
+See the /usr/share/tint2/doc directory for more information.
+.SH OPTIONS
+.TP
+.B \-c config-file
+Specify which configuration file to use instead of the default.
+.SH AUTHOR
+tint was written by Thierry Lorthiois <lorthiois@bbsoft.fr>. It is based on
+ttm, originally written by Pål Staurland <staura@gmail.com>
+.PP
+This manual page was written by Daniel Moerner <dmoerner@gmail.com>,
+for the Debian project (but may be used by others). It was adopted from the
+tint docs.