Added more documentation

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- Xlib
- Xt
- Motif
- MWM
- A C compiler
- brightnessctl (for xmbrightness)
- xwallpaper
Installing via APK:
```
# apk add libx11 libx11-dev libxt libxt-dev motif motif-dev clang
# apk add libx11 libx11-dev libxt libxt-dev motif motif-dev mwm xwallpaper clang
```
## libXmd
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# cd <application>
# ./build.sh install
```
## Replicants
Xmd provides something called replicants, which are dynamically loaded widgets
that can be placed inside of xmpanel. They can be installed using `./build.sh`
in their respective subdirectories:
```
# cd replicants/<replicant>
# ./build.sh install
```
## Session
Xmd includes a startup script and assorted "glue code" to facilitate using it as
a desktop environment. It can be installed using `./install.sh` in the `session`
directory.

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# Xmd
A collection of X11 Motif desktop utilities written in C99.
An X11/Motif desktop environment written in C99.

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# libXmd
This library contains code that is common to Xmd applications. The interface to
its functionality is divided among several header files which also contain
documentation comments.

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
/* XmdVaPipedExecPath is like XmdPipedExecPath, but it takes in a vararg list to
use as the "args" array. The vararg list must be terminated by NULL. */
FILE *XmdVaPipedExecPath (const String file, pid_t *child, String mode, ...);
/* XmdPipedExecPath is like popen(), but takes in an explicit command name and
argument list instead of a shell command. The argument list must be
terminated by NULL. "file" is searched for in PATH, and it is executed as a
child process with the specified args. The PID of the child is stored at the
location of "child".
To correctly close the connection to the child process, first fclose() the
returned file, and then call waitpid() on the child PID. */
FILE *XmdPipedExecPath (const String file, pid_t *child, String mode, String const argv[]);
#endif