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+# ToggleProxy
+
+_ToggleProxy_ is a [PyObjC][pyobjc]-based application for Mac OS X to
+quickly enable and disable the HTTP proxy for the currently active
+networking interface.
+
+It's a _headless_ application which installs a menu item in the Mac OS
+X menu bar. The item shows either an up-arrow with a dashed line through it
+(think _traffic is going through a proxy_) when the proxy is active, and
+only an up-arrow when the proxy is not active.
+
+## Build
+
+To build the application, you'll have the Developer tools for Mac OS
+X installed.
+
+When you have, you first build the application:
+    python setup.py py2app
+
+This builds the application as `dist/ToggleProxy.app`. You can run it from
+there, or move it to somewhere more appropriate first.