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-3rd party xmonad extensions and contributions.
+  xmonad-contrib : third party extensions to the xmonad window manager
 
-Build and install through Cabal as for other Haskell packages:
+                           http://xmonad.org
 
-        runhaskell Setup configure --user --prefix=$HOME
-        runhaskell Setup build
-        runhaskell Setup install --user
+    You need the ghc compiler and xmonad window manager installed in
+    order to use these extensions.
 
-(You may want to remove the --user flag when installing as root.)
+    For installation and configuration instructions, please see the
+    xmonad website, the documents included with the xmonad source
+    distribution, and online haddock documentation:
 
-scripts/ contains further external programs useful with xmonad.
+    http://www.xmonad.org/xmonad-docs
 
-Haskell code contributed to this repo should live under the
-appropriate subdivision of the 'XMonad.' namespace (currently includes
-Actions, Config, Hooks, Layout, Prompt, and Util). For example, to use
-the Mosaic layout, one would import:
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Changelogs
 
- XMonad.Layout.Mosaic
+    For a list of changes since the 0.8.x releases, see:
+
+http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Xmonad/Notable_changes_since_0.8
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Updates to XMonadContrib-0.9 that may Require Changes to ~/.xmonad/xmonad.hs
+
+    Please see the Changelogs and xmonad-contrib haddock documentation
+    links for further details regarding the following changes.
+
+    * XMonad.Hooks.EwmhDesktops no longer uses layoutHook, the
+    ewmhDesktopsLayout modifier has been removed from xmonad-contrib. It
+    uses logHook, handleEventHook, and startupHook instead and provides
+    a convenient function 'ewmh' to add EWMH support to a defaultConfig.
+
+    * Most DynamicLog users can continue with configs unchanged, but users
+    of the quickbar functions 'xmobar' or 'dzen' will need to change
+    xmonad.hs: their types have changed to allow easier composition with
+    other XConfig modifiers. The 'dynamicLogDzen' and 'dynamicLogXmobar'
+    functions have been removed.
+
+    * WindowGo or safeSpawn users may need to change command lines due to
+    safeSpawn changes.
+
+    * People explicitly referencing the "SP" scratchpad workspace should
+    change it to "NSP" which is also used by the new Util.NamedScratchpad.
+
+    * (Optional) People who explicitly use swapMaster in key or mouse
+    bindings should change it to shiftMaster. It's the current default
+    used where swapMaster had been used previously. It works better than
+    swapMaster when using floating and tiled windows together on the
+    same workspace.
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Getting or updating XMonadContrib
+
+    latest release: http://hackage.haskell.org/cgi-bin/hackage-scripts/package/xmonad-contrib
+
+    darcs version:  darcs get http://code.haskell.org/XMonadContrib
+
+    (To use darcs xmonad-contrib you must also use the darcs version
+    of xmonad.)
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Contributing
+
+    Haskell code contributed to this repo should live under the
+    appropriate subdivision of the 'XMonad.' namespace (currently
+    includes Actions, Config, Hooks, Layout, Prompt, and Util). For
+    example, to use the Grid layout, one would import:
+
+        XMonad.Layout.Grid
+
+    For further details, see the documentation for the
+    XMonad.Doc.Developing module and http://xmonad.org website.
 
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@@ -23,6 +80,3 @@ Code submitted to the contrib repo is licensed under the same license as
 xmonad itself, with copyright held by the authors.
 
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-
-Documentation for the extensions and configuration system is available
-in Haddock form in the XMonad.Doc module and submodules.