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+# -*- makefile -*-
+
+top_srcdir = ..
+srcdir = .
+
+base_dir=$(shell pwd)
+
+INPUTS =
+TXTS = 
+HTML_TXTS = 
+EXTRA_DIST =
+CLEANFILES =
+
+TXTS += README.txt
+TXTS += README-de.txt
+HTML_TXTS += README-GFDL.txt
+HTML_TXTS += README-COPYING.txt
+
+# use cp for Windows
+LN_S = cp
+LN_S = ln -s
+
+TXT_PDFS = $(patsubst %.txt,%.pdf,$(TXTS))
+TXT_HTMLS = $(patsubst %.txt,%.html,$(TXTS)) $(patsubst %.txt,%.html,$(HTML_TXTS))
+CLEANFILES += $(TXT_PDFS)
+CLEANFILES += $(TXT_HTMLS)
+
+SNIPPETS = ../lib/snippets.pl
+
+DISTFILES =
+DISTFILES += Makefile
+DISTFILES += $(TXTS)
+DISTFILES += $(TXT_PDFS)
+DISTFILES += $(TXT_HTMLS)
+DISTFILES += $(EXTRA_DIST)
+
+%: %.in
+	cat $< | $(SNIPPETS) --process --replace --mode text --key base_dir --value $(base_dir) --cat - >$@
+	test -s $@ || ( rm -f $@ && test 1 = 0 )
+
+%.html: %.txt
+	cat $< | PYTHONPATH="$$( pwd )" tools/ws_rst2html.py --traceback --cloak-email-addresses >$@
+	test -s $@ || (rm -f $@ && exit 1)
+
+%.pdf: %.txt
+	cat $< | PYTHONPATH="$$( pwd )" tools/ws_rst2pdf -e ws_docutils.raw_role >$@
+	test -s $@ || (rm -f $@ && exit 1)
+
+default: all
+
+all: $(DISTFILES) all-local
+
+all-local:
+
+clean: clean-local
+	test -z '$(CLEANFILES)' || rm -rf $(CLEANFILES)
+
+clean-local:
+	find . -name '*.pyc' | xargs -r rm 
+
+install: all
+
+dist:
+
+tags-rc:
+	gen_tags.sh --template
+tags:
+	gen_tags.sh --force
+
+README.txt: ../README.txt
+	rm -f $@
+	$(LN_S) ../$@ $@
+
+# |:here:|
+# :ide-menu: Emacs IDE Main Menu - Buffer @BUFFER@
+# . M-x `eIDE-menu' ()(eIDE-menu "z")
+
+# :ide: COMPILE: tags
+# . (let ((args "tags")) (compile (concat "make -k " args)))
+
+# :ide: COMPILE: dist
+# . (let ((args "dist")) (compile (concat "make -k " args)))
+
+# :ide: COMPILE: install
+# . (let ((args "install")) (compile (concat "make -k " args)))
+
+# :ide: COMPILE: clean
+# . (let ((args "clean")) (compile (concat "make -k " args)))
+
+# :ide: COMPILE: Standard
+# . (let ((args "")) (compile (concat "make -k " args)))
+#
+# Local Variables:
+# mode: makefile
+# snip-mode: makefile-gmake
+# truncate-lines: t
+# End: