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 i3pystatus is a (hopefully growing) collection of python scripts for 
 status output compatible to i3status / i3bar of the i3 window manager.
 
+** the ver3 branch is undergoing heavy dev as of Feb 24 **
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 ## Installation
 
 To install it, follow these steps: