diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a29562c..5a92b08 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
 *sig*
 spmenu
 buildconf_dev
+build
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 64f2456..a4dcb85 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -1,13 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # spmenu build script
-PREFIX="${PREFIX:-/usr}"
-DESTDIR="${DESTDIR:-}"
-INCDIR="${INCDIR:-/usr/include}"
-makebin="${makebin:-$(command -v make)}"
-cc="${cc:-${CC:-gcc}}"
 opt="${opt:-${OPT:--O2}}"
 warn="${warn:-true}"
 reconfigure="${reconfigure:-true}"
+version="${version:-1.1}"
 
 check_dist() {
     [ -f "/etc/pacman.conf" ] && [ "$warn" != "false" ] && printf "hint: detected Pacman. if you want you can run 'makepkg' with proper arguments to install it using pacman.\n" && pacman=true
@@ -20,7 +16,6 @@ check() {
     [ ! -x "$(command -v ldconfig)" ] && printf "ldconfig not found in %s. Please make sure your system is set up properly." "\$PATH" && exit 1
     [ ! -x "$(command -v ninja)" ] && printf "ninja not found in %s. Please make sure your system is set up properly." "\$PATH" && exit 1
     [ ! -x "$(command -v meson)" ] && printf "meson not found in %s. Please make sure your system is set up properly." "\$PATH" && exit 1
-    [ ! -x "$(command -v "$cc")" ] && printf "%s not found in %s. Please make sure your system is set up properly." "$cc" "\$PATH"
     [ -n "$(ldconfig -p | grep Imlib2)" ] && printf "Imlib2 found\n" && imlib2=true || imlib2=false
     [ -n "$(ldconfig -p | grep libXft)" ] && printf "libXft found\n" && xft=true || xft=false
     [ -n "$(ldconfig -p | grep libX11)" ] && printf "libX11 found\n" && x11=true || x11=false
@@ -33,9 +28,7 @@ check() {
     [ -n "$(ldconfig -p | grep freetype)" ] && printf "freetype found\n" && freetype=true || freetype=false
     [ -n "$(ldconfig -p | grep libconfig)" ] && printf "libconfig found\n" && libconfig=true || libconfig=false
     else
-    makebin="gnumake"
     GEN_MANUAL="false"
-    PREFIX="/usr/local"
     fi
 }
 
@@ -52,10 +45,13 @@ loadconf() {
 }
 
 build() {
-    [ "$GEN_MANUAL" != "false" ] && [ -x "$(command -v pandoc)" ] && command -v gen_manual > /dev/null && gen_manual
+    [ ! -f "meson.build" ] && printf "meson.build does not exist.\n" && exit 1
+    [ "$GEN_MANUAL" != "false" ] && [ -x "$(command -v pandoc)" ] && scripts/make/generate-docs.sh
 
     cp -f meson.build meson.build.orig
 
+    [ "$reconfigure" != "false" ] && rm -rf build/
+
     if [ "$libconfig" != "true" ]; then
         libconfig_text="libconfig = false"
     else
@@ -67,7 +63,7 @@ build() {
         pangoxft_text="pangoxft = false"
     else
         pango_text="pango = true"
-        pangoxft_text="pangoxft = false"
+        pangoxft_text="pangoxft = true"
     fi
 
     if [ "$openssl" != "true" ] || [ "$imlib2" != "true" ]; then
@@ -116,6 +112,7 @@ build() {
 
     ninja -C build
 
+    [ "$cp_build" = "true" ] && cp meson.build meson.build.used
     mv meson.build.orig meson.build
 }
 
diff --git a/buildconf b/buildconf
index 9a0b703..531ee57 100755
--- a/buildconf
+++ b/buildconf
@@ -12,18 +12,7 @@ openssl=true # enable support for openssl, used to calculate MD5
 fribidi=true # enable support for right to left languages
 libconfig=true # enable configuration and themes
 xresources=true # enable .Xresources support
-cc=gcc # compiler and linker
 opt=-O2 # level of optimization
 warn=true # warn about OS quirks
 install=true # automatically install, if set to false an install will not be performed
 reconfigure=true # reconfigure using meson
-
-# macOS/OS X/Mac OS X
-if [ -d "/System/Library/Extensions" ]; then
-    imlib2=false # currently unsupported on mac due to the use of pkg-config
-    pango=false # currently unsupported on mac due to the use of pkg-config
-    pangoxft=false # currently unsupported on mac due to the use of pkg-config
-    openssl=false # currently unsupported on mac due to the use of pkg-config
-    prefix=/usr/local # as of 10.15 catalina we can no longer write to /usr/bin and /usr/share
-    makebin=gnumake # on mac, the binary for GNU make is gnumake
-fi
diff --git a/docs/example.Xresources b/docs/example.Xresources
index e8a728e..5bc512b 100644
--- a/docs/example.Xresources
+++ b/docs/example.Xresources
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-! spmenu VERSION default configuration
+! spmenu default configuration
 !
 ! You may copy this configuration file to ~/.config/spmenu/spmenurc OR ~/.spmenurc, it will be loaded on runtime.
 ! It is .Xresources syntax. As such you may also append it to your existing .Xresources configuration, use programs like Pywal to have universal colorschemes.
diff --git a/scripts/make/generate-docs.sh b/scripts/make/generate-docs.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..25d0612
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/make/generate-docs.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+version="$(grep "version : '" meson.build | awk '{ print $3 }' | sed "s/'\"//g; s/\"',//g")"
+printf "%% spmenu(1) ${version} | fancy dynamic menu\n" > .man.md
+grep -v docs/preview.png docs/docs.md >> .man.md
+pandoc --standalone --to man .man.md -o spmenu.1
+pandoc --standalone .man.md -o spmenu.html
+rm -f .man.md
+
+scripts/make/generate-code-docs.sh docs/code-docs.md code.html || return
+pandoc --standalone README.md -o README.html
diff --git a/scripts/make/generate-pacman-pkg.sh b/scripts/make/generate-pacman-pkg.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..537cc49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/make/generate-pacman-pkg.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+version="$(grep "version : '" meson.build | awk '{ print $3 }' | sed "s/'\"//g; s/\"',//g")"
+
+scripts/make/generate-pkg.sh
+command -v makepkg > /dev/null || exit 1
+[ -f PKGBUILD ] || exit 1
+cp -f PKGBUILD PKGBUILD.orig
+sed -i "s/VERSION/${VERSION}/g; s/MD5SUM/$(md5sum *.tar.gz | cut -d ' ' -f 1)/g" PKGBUILD
+makepkg -sfr --sign || exit 1
+rm -rf src/ pkg/ *.tar.gz
+cp PKGBUILD spmenu-${VERSION}.PKGBUILD; mv PKGBUILD.orig PKGBUILD
diff --git a/scripts/make/generate-pkg.sh b/scripts/make/generate-pkg.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a64464f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/make/generate-pkg.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+version="$(grep "version : '" meson.build | awk '{ print $3 }' | sed "s/'\"//g; s/\"',//g")"
+
+rm -f spmenu spmenu-${version}.tar.gz spmenu-${version}.PKGBUILD *.o *zst*
+mkdir -p spmenu-${version}
+cp -rf LICENSE Makefile *.h *.mk *.c scripts/ docs/ libs/ PKGBUILD build.sh spmenu-${version}
+[ -f buildconf ] && cp buildconf spmenu-${version} || :
+[ -f spmenu.1 ] && cp spmenu.1 spmenu-${version} || :
+tar -cf spmenu-${version}.tar spmenu-${version}
+gzip spmenu-${version}.tar
+rm -rf spmenu-${version}