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+/' _ `\ / __`\/\ \ /'___\ /'__`\
+/\ \/\ \/\ \L\ \ \ \/\ \__//\ __/
+\ \_\ \_\ \____/\ \_\ \____\ \____\
+ \/_/\/_/\/___/ \/_/\/____/\/____/
+ -- by lostd and sin
+=======================================================
+
+What is it?
+===========
+
+noice is a small ncurse-based file manager.
+It was first developped to be used with a tv remote control for a media center
+solution.
+
+Getting started
+===============
+
+Get the latest version from the git-repository; build and install it.
+Run noice in a directory to display its content in the form of a list, where
+each line is a file or direcotry. The currently selected item will be preceded
+with a " > " by default.
+
+Navigation
+----------
+
+You can navigate the list using the following keybinds (hardcoded):
+
++------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------------------
+| k | UP | ^P | go up
+| j | DOWN | ^N | go down
+| | PGUP | ^U | go up (fast)
+| | PGDN | ^D | go down (fast)
+| l | RIGHT | ^M | open file / directory (see section "File opening")
+| h | LEFT | ^? | navigate up one directory
+| / | & | | filter output
+| q | | | exit program
+| ! | | | spawn shell in current directory
++------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------------------
+
+File opening
+------------
+
+Depending on the filetype, noice will open the selected file with the
+application specified in `config.h` at compilation time. The associations
+specified are regexes, so you might experience issues when trying to open a file
+that do not match those regexes.
+
+Contact
+=======
+
+You can reach us through the freenode IRC network at #2f30.
+If you have any patches, ideas or feedback feel free to join.