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+this is e16keyedit.
+
+This is a standalone keybindings editor for enlightenment version 0.16.
+
+It's mostly done, even though I never hooked up the menus to do anything
+useful, which maybe I'll go back and do for an 0.2 release, but this 0.1 is
+pretty much everything you'll need.
+
+-- Mandrake
+
+Mon Feb 21 11:09:48 PST 2000
+