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 slop (Select Operation)
 
-slop is an application that querys for a selection from the user and prints the region to stdout. 
-It grabs the mouse and turns it into a crosshair, lets the user click and drag to make a selection 
-(or click on a window) while drawing a pretty box around it, then finally prints the selection's dimensions to stdout.
+slop is an application that querys for a selection from the user and
+prints the region to stdout. It grabs the mouse and turns it into a
+crosshair, lets the user click and drag to make a selection (or click
+on a window) while drawing a pretty box around it, then finally prints
+the selection's dimensions to stdout.