README.md: update with build instructions

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This software is in early development.
# Dependencies
## Dependencies
- wlroots (>=0.10.0)
- wayland-protocols
- xwayland
# Aim
## Aim
[x] Support xwayland
[ ] Support some of openbox's rc.xml
[ ] Support openbox themes
[ ] Support layer-shell's background layer
[x] Support xwayland
[ ] Support some of openbox's rc.xml
[ ] Support openbox themes
[ ] Support layer-shell's background layer
# Influenced by
## Influenced by
- [sway](https://github.com/swaywm/sway)
- [cage](https://www.hjdskes.nl/blog/cage-01/)
- [wio](https://wio-project.org/)
- [rootston]()
- [rootston](https://github.com/swaywm/rootston)
- [openbox](https://github.com/danakj/openbox)
- [i3](https://github.com/i3/i3)
- [dwm](https://dwm.suckless.org)
# Alternatives
## Alternatives
The following were considered before choosing wlroots:
- [QtWayland](https://github.com/qt/qtwayland), [grefsen](https://github.com/ec1oud/grefsen)
- [Mir](https://mir-server.io), [egmde](https://github.com/AlanGriffiths/egmde)
# CONFIGURATION
## Configuration
## Keyboard shortcuts
### Keyboard Shortcuts
We will support rc.xml keybinds, but for the time being:
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Alt+F3 Launch dmenu
```
## Keyboard layout
### Keyboard Layout
Set environment variable `XKB_DEFAULT_LAYOUT` for your keyboard layout, for
example `gb`. Read `xkeyboard-config(7)` for details.
# Integration
## Integration
- Use grim for scrots
## Build
### Arch Linux
sudo pacman -S wlroots
git clone https://github.com/johanmalm/labwc
cd labwc
meson build
ninja -C build
### Debian
sudo apt install \
build-essential \
cmake \
libwayland-dev \
wayland-protocols \
libegl1-mesa-dev \
libgles2-mesa-dev \
libdrm-dev libgbm-dev \
libinput-dev \
libxkbcommon-dev \
libudev-dev \
libpixman-1-dev \
libsystemd-dev \
libcap-dev \
libxcb1-dev \
libxcb-composite0-dev \
libxcb-xfixes0-dev \
libxcb-xinput-dev \
libxcb-image0-dev \
libxcb-render-util0-dev \
libx11-xcb-dev \
libxcb-icccm4-dev \
freerdp2-dev \
libwinpr2-dev \
libpng-dev \
libavutil-dev \
libavcodec-dev \
libavformat-dev \
universal-ctags \
xwayland
# Debian Buster has an old version of meson, so we use pip3
pip3 install --target=$HOME/bin meson
git clone https://github.com/johanmalm/labwc
cd labwc
git clone https://github.com/swaywm/wlroots subprojects/wlroots
# wlroots 0.10.0 is the last version which runs with Wayland 0.16
# (which is what Buster runs)
cd subprojects/wlroots && git checkout 0.10.0 && cd ../..
meson build
ninja -C build
## Debug
To enable ASAN and UBSAN, run meson with `-Db_sanitize=address,undefined`