diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
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+++ b/meson.build
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+project('exclaim', 'c', version: '0.0.0', license: 'GPL2',
+        default_options: [ 'buildtype=plain', 'c_std=gnu99' ],
+        meson_version: '>= 0.47.0')
+proj = meson.project_name()
+ver = meson.project_version()
+base_url = 'https://www.enlightenment.org/about-'
+cc = meson.get_compiler('c')
+m_dep = cc.find_library('m', required : false)
+deps = [
+  dependency('elementary', version: '>= 1.26.0'),
+  dependency('emotion', version: '>= 1.26.0'),
+  m_dep
+]
+bsd = ['bsd', 'freebsd', 'dragonfly', 'netbsd', 'openbsd']
+linux = ['linux']
+sun = ['sunos']
+sys_linux = linux.contains(host_machine.system())
+sys_bsd = bsd.contains(host_machine.system())
+sys_sun = sun.contains(host_machine.system())
+dir_prefix = get_option('prefix')
+dir_bin = join_paths(dir_prefix, get_option('bindir'))
+dir_lib = join_paths(dir_prefix, get_option('libdir'))
+dir_data = join_paths(dir_prefix, get_option('datadir'))
+dir_locale = join_paths(dir_prefix, get_option('localedir'))
+cfg = configuration_data()
+cfg.set_quoted('PACKAGE'                 , proj)
+cfg.set_quoted('PACKAGE_NAME'            , proj)
+cfg.set_quoted('PACKAGE_VERSION'         , ver)
+cfg.set_quoted('PACKAGE_STRING'          , proj + ' ' + ver)
+cfg.set_quoted('PACKAGE_URL'             , base_url + proj)
+cfg.set_quoted('PACKAGE_BIN_DIR'         , dir_bin)
+cfg.set_quoted('PACKAGE_LIB_DIR'         , dir_lib)
+cfg.set_quoted('PACKAGE_DATA_DIR'        , join_paths(dir_data, proj))
+cfg.set_quoted('LOCALEDIR'               , dir_locale)
+cfg.set       ('_GNU_SOURCE'             , 1)
+cfg.set       ('__EXTENSIONS__'          , 1)
+cfg.set       ('_POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS', 1)
+cfg.set       ('_ALL_SOURCE'             , 1)
+cfg.set       ('_POSIX_SOURCE'           , 1)
+cfg.set       ('_POSIX_1_SOURCE'         , 1)
+if sys_linux or sys_bsd or sys_sun
+  cfg.set('STAT_NSEC', '1')
+endif
+configure_file(output: 'exclaim_config.h', configuration: cfg)
+subdir('src')
+# subdir('data')
diff --git a/src/etc.h b/src/etc.h
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+++ b/src/etc.h
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+#ifndef ETC_H
+#define ETC_H
+
+#define _E_COMMENT(...) do { \
+  switch ((uintptr_t)__VA_ARGS__) \
+    (void)__VA_ARGS__; \
+  } while (0);
+
+#define E_BEGIN _E_COMMENT
+#define E_END _E_COMMENT
+
+#endif // ETC_H
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
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+++ b/src/main.c
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+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <Elementary.h>
+#include "../exclaim_config.h"
+#include "etc.h"
+
+EAPI_MAIN int
+elm_main(int argc, char** argv)
+{
+	elm_policy_set(ELM_POLICY_QUIT, ELM_POLICY_QUIT_LAST_WINDOW_CLOSED);
+	elm_app_compile_bin_dir_set(PACKAGE_BIN_DIR);
+	elm_app_compile_lib_dir_set(PACKAGE_LIB_DIR);
+	elm_app_compile_data_dir_set(PACKAGE_DATA_DIR);
+	elm_app_info_set(elm_main, "exclaim", "checkme");
+   
+	Evas_Object* win = elm_win_util_standard_add("exclaim_root", "Exclaim");
+	E_BEGIN(win);
+		elm_win_icon_name_set(win, "email-unread");
+		elm_win_autodel_set(win, EINA_TRUE);
+		
+		evas_object_resize(win, ELM_SCALE_SIZE(700), ELM_SCALE_SIZE(300));
+		evas_object_show(win);
+	E_END(win);
+	
+	elm_run();
+	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}
+ELM_MAIN()
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
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+++ b/src/meson.build
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+dir = join_paths(dir_bin)
+inc = include_directories('.')
+executable('exclaim', [
+		'main.c',
+	],
+	include_directories: inc,
+	dependencies: deps,
+	install: true,
+	install_dir: dir)