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 # copybot
 
 you may need to install libxdo-dev, check https://github.com/Enigo-rs/Enigo for instructions
+if it still doesnt work, you may need to add yourself to the input group on linux
+`usermod -a -G input $(whoami)`
+
+## config
+ - default: remove default config notice
+ - theme: choose between grey / night / day / catppuccin_mocha
+ - bind: a key from https://docs.rs/rdev/latest/rdev/enum.Key.html
+ - shift_enter_newline: if true, hold shift while pressing enter for a new line. this is useful for preparing a whole message for things like chat apps (also, when false, delay/spam timeouts may cut off some messages/characters)
+
+config is stored in a folder in your os config directory (found using https://crates.io/crates/dirs)