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+============
+Installation
+============
+
+This are the instructions to install Cagou (SàT) using Python.
+Note that if you are using GNU/Linux, Cagou may already be present on your distribution.
+
+Cagou is a Salut à Toi frontend, the SàT backend must be installed first (if you
+haven't installed it yet, it will be downloaded automatically as it is a dependency of
+Cagou). Cagou and SàT backend must always have the same version.
+
+We recommend to use development version for now, until the release of 0.7 version which
+will be "general public" version.
+
+Also note that Cagou as all SàT ecosystem is still using Python 2 (this will change for
+0.8 version which will be Python 3 only), so all instructions below have to be made using
+python 2.
+
+Development Version
+-------------------
+
+*Note for Arch users: a pkgbuild is available for your distribution on
+AUR, check sat-cagou-hg (as well as other sat-\* packages).*
+
+You can install the latest development version using pip. Please check backend documentation
+to see the system dependencies needed.
+
+You can use the same virtual environment as the one used for installing the backend. If
+you haven't installed it yet, just select a location when you want to install it, for
+instance your home directory::
+
+  $ cd
+
+And enter the following commands (note that *virtualenv2* may be named
+*virtualenv* on some distributions, just be sure it's Python **2** version)::
+
+  $ virtualenv2 env
+  $ source env/bin/activate
+  $ pip install hg+https://repos.goffi.org/cagou
+
+If you haven't done it for the backend, you need to install the media::
+
+  $ cd
+  $ hg clone https://repos.goffi.org/sat_media
+
+Usage
+=====
+
+To launch Cagou enter::
+
+  $ cagou
+
+If you want to connect directly a profile::
+
+  $ cagou -p profile_name
+
+Once started, you can use ``F11`` to switch fullscreen mode.
+
+You can show/hide the menu with ``ALT + M`` and show/hide the notification bar with ``ALT + N``.
+
+In Cagou, notifications appear on the top of the screen, in the *notification bar*. They
+appear for a few seconds, but you can click on the left Cagou icon to see them entirely
+and take your time to read them.
+
+There is no focus stealing pop-up in Cagou, when some event requires a user action, a Cagou
+icon will appear on the right of notification bar, so user can click and interact with it
+when it is suitable.
+
+Cagou has a concept of **activities**. An activity is some kind of communication tool
+(chat, file sharing, remote control, etc.). On top left of each activity you have an icon
+representing the activity selected. Click on it to select something else.
+
+You may have noticed the 3 small dots on top and left border of each activity. You can
+click (or touch) them, and drag to the bottom or right to create a new activity. This way
+you can do several things on the same screen (e.g. check several chat rooms, or use the
+file sharing and the chat at the same time). To close this extra activity, click again on
+the 3 dots and drag in the opposite direction until the top or left line become red, then
+release your mouse.