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-The themerc file dictates which engine and theme openbox will use, as well as
-parameters for the engine.
-
-----
-
-Options for the themerc file are specified as:
-option = value
-
-Lines that begin with # are considered comments.
-
-----
-
-These are the valid options:
-
-engine
-	String value, containing the name of the engine to load.
-	example: 'openbox'
-	default: 'openbox'
-
-theme
-	String value containing	the theme to load in the engine. This can be
-	an absolute path to the theme, or simply the theme's name in which case
-	the appropriate paths will be searched for the theme.
-	example: 'mytheme'
-	default: engine-dependant
-
-font
-	String value containing the font to use in the window titlebars. The
-	format of this string is described in:
-	http://keithp.com/~keithp/render/Xft.tutorial
-	example: 'times-12:bold:slant=italic,oblique'
-	default: 'sans-8'
-
-titlebarlayout
-	The layout of the titlebar of windows. This is a string that can
-	consist of only valid characters. The characters are:
-		I - iconify button
-		M - maximize button
-		C - close button
-		D - all-desktops button
-		N - window icon
-		L - text label (window title)
-	example: 'ILMC'
-	default: 'NDLIMC'
-
-----
-
-example themerc:
-
-# My themerc file!
-engine='openbox'
-theme='nyz'
-titlebarlayout='ILMC'
-font='arial,sans-9:bold'