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 ### Description
 Dynamically adjusts the borders between adjacent windows to make them visually merge
 
+**NOTE:** to disable minimalborders after applying this patch, set `draw_minimal_borders` to `0` 
+
+```c
+static const int draw_minimal_borders = 0; /* disable minimalborders */
+```
+
 ### Download
 - [git branch](https://codeberg.org/wochap/dwl/src/branch/v0.5/minimalborders)
 - [2024-03-12](https://codeberg.org/dwl/dwl-patches/raw/branch/main/minimalborders/minimalborders.patch)