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mgnfx: A screen magnifier for the truly deranged.

This is a standalone screen magnifier intended to work with any X11 desktop on
Linux. However, if you use a more sophisticated desktop environment it probably
has its own zoom feature built in and you'd be better off using that. This
program is for crazy people using obscure window managers.

I made this because every other magnifier program was either extremely bad, or
didn't include the feature I want: still being able to use the computer while
the magnifier is open, rather than magnifying a still frame.

COMPILING

required libraries:
libX11 libXfixes libXdamage libXcomposite libXrender libXrandr libXpresent
libXext libinput libudev libevdev

Run `make` to produce an executable at `bin/mgnfx`. Then, copy it to somewhere
on your path, like `/usr/local/bin/` to make it available on your system.

USAGE

Most people probably want to run `mgnfx -r -1`. The program creates a magnifier
frame that follows the cursor and magnifies its contents. Press the escape key
to close the magnifier.

Run `mgnfx --help` for a complete list of options.

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