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@@ -6,15 +6,21 @@ Orion is a window manager for the X11 windowing system. Orion is
 written in Scheme and accesses Xlib via the scx library for scsh.
 Orion is in fact a family of window managers which can be nested. This
 enables great flexibility and efficient handling of X11
-appliations. Orion currently comes with a conventional moving window
-manager and a window manager for stacking windows in frames. Orion
-also supports work spaces and saving the window manager layout.
+appliations. Orion currently comes with four child window managers:
+
+* a conventional moving window manager 
+* a window manager for stacking windows in a frame
+* a window manager for splitting windows horizontally and vertically
+* a work space manager
+
+Orion also supports saving the window manager layout and programmatic
+configuration.
 
 See the file INSTALL for installation instructions.
 
-The directory doc contains a small manual which lists the standard key
-bindings. Its description of configuration files is currently not
-up to date.
+The directory doc/ contains a small manual which lists the standard key
+bindings and a description of Orion's configuration files.
+