Consolidated all popen calls (and repeated surrounding code) into read_exec

[monky] / README.svn-version

diff --git a/README.svn-version b/README.svn-version
index dfad05b..5bf4d5e 100644 (file)
--- a/README.svn-version
+++ b/README.svn-version
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
-THESE INSTRUCTIONS ARE ONLY IF "sh autogen.sh" DOESN'T WORK!!!
+QUICK & EASY:
+       $ sh autogen.sh
+       $ ./configure
+       $ make
+       $ ./src/conky # to run Conky
+       # make install
 
 First, read the README. This contains instructions specific to building conky
 Fresh from a SVN checkout:
 
-* As the README says, you need to have the X development libraries installed.
-       This should be a package along the lines of libx11-dev or xorg-x11-dev .
 * Conky requires three "auto-tools", with at least the specific version numbers.
        Make sure these are installed:
 
@@ -20,10 +23,15 @@ Fresh from a SVN checkout:
        but "automake-1.9" instead.
        Use the "--version" option to check the program version, i.e.
        "autoconf --version".
+
+       You can also try using the autogen.sh script, like so:
+
+       $ sh autogen.sh
+
 * After that, it's the familiar
 
-       ./configure
-       make
-       make install
+       $ ./configure
+       $ make
+       # make install
 
        You might have to do the last step as root.