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@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-# lite
-![screenshot](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/3920290/81471642-6c165880-91ea-11ea-8cd1-fae7ae8f0bc4.png)
+# Lite XL
 
-A lightweight text editor written in Lua
+![screenshot-dark](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/433545/85227778-b42abc80-b3df-11ea-9dd3-e788f6c71882.png)
 
-* **[Get lite](https://github.com/rxi/lite/releases/latest)** — Download
+A lightweight text editor written in Lua, adapted from [Lite](https://github.com/rxi/lite)
+
+* **[Get lite](https://github.com/franki/lite-xl/releases/latest)** — Download
   for Windows and Linux
 * **[Get plugins](https://github.com/rxi/lite-plugins)** — Add additional
   functionality
@@ -11,9 +12,10 @@ A lightweight text editor written in Lua
   themes
 
 ## Overview
-lite is a lightweight text editor written mostly in Lua — it aims to provide
-something practical, pretty, *small* and fast, implemented as simply as
-possible; easy to modify and extend, or to use without doing either.
+Lite XL is a lightweight text editor written mostly in Lua — it aims to provide
+something practical, pretty, *small* and fast easy to modify and extend, or to use without doing either.
+
+The aim of Lite XL compared to Lite is to be more user friendly, improve the quality of the font rendering and reduce CPU usage.
 
 ## Customization
 Additional functionality can be added through plugins which are available from
@@ -24,15 +26,42 @@ The editor can be customized by making changes to the
 
 ## Building
 You can build the project yourself on Linux using the provided `build.sh`
-script. Note that the project does not need to be rebuilt if you are only making
-changes to the Lua portion of the code.
+script or using the Meson build.
 
+The following libraries are required:
+
+- freetype2
+- libagg
+- SDL2
+- Lua 5.2
+
+On a debian based system the required library and Meson can be installed using the commands:
+
+```sh
+# To install the required libraries:
+sudo apt install libfreetype6-dev libagg-dev libsdl2-dev liblua5.2-dev
+
+# To install Meson:
+sudo apt install meson
+# or pip3 install --user meson
+```
+To build Lite XL with Meson use the commands:
+```sh
+# configure
+meson setup build
+
+# build
+ninja -C build
+
+# install
+ninja -C build install
+```
 ## Contributing
 Any additional functionality that can be added through a plugin should be done
 so as a plugin, after which a pull request to the
-[plugins repository](https://github.com/rxi/lite-plugins) can be made. In hopes
-of remaining lightweight, pull requests adding additional functionality to the
-core will likely not be merged. Bug reports and bug fixes are welcome.
+[plugins repository](https://github.com/rxi/lite-plugins) can be made.
+
+Pull requests to improve or modify the editor itself are welcome.
 
 ## License
 This project is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under