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 abduco provides the session management and attach/detach functionality
-of screen(1) and tmux(1) together with dvtm(1) it is a nearly complete
-replacement of the before mentioned tools.
+of screen(1) and tmux(1) together with dvtm(1) it is a nearly complete,
+but more lightweight, replacement of the before mentioned tools.
+
+Quickstart
+----------
+
+Assuming dvtm is located somewhere in $PATH, the following creates a
+new session named 'demo':
+
+ $ abduco -c demo
+
+An arbitrary application can be started as follows:
+
+ $ abduco -c demo your-application
+
+CTRL+\ detaches from the active session. All available sessions can be
+displayed by running:
+
+ $ abduco
+ Active sessions (on host hostname)
+   Fri    2014-11-14 18:52:36    demo
+
+The session can be restored with
+
+ $ abduco -a demo
+
+Read the manual page for further information.
 
 See http://www.brain-dump.org/projects/abduco for the latest version.