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 # tabbed
-# tabbed
+My build of suckless's tabbed, with better keybinds and colours.
+1
+# installation
+Clone the git repository
+```sh
+git clone https://github.com/SpyHoodle/tabbed
+```
+Change directory to tabbed
+```sh
+cd tabbed
+```
+Make and install tabbed
+```sh
+make install
+```
+**Final step:** Add a colourscheme to `~/.config/cols/tabbed.h`. This is where dmenu will read a colorscheme.<br>
+This should be in the usual form dmenu would have a colourscheme in it's own source code, as `dmenu.h` is included at compile time.<br>
+Alternatively, you could change the location of the colourscheme in `config.h`.