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+# Template file for 'zile'
+pkgname=zile
+version=2.4.10
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+hostmakedepends="help2man pkg-config"
+makedepends="acl-devel gc-devel ncurses-devel"
+short_desc="A small, fast, and powerful Emacs clone"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-3"
+homepage="http://www.gnu.org/software/zile"
+distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
+checksum=b6356ea51c0477cc3a5fe9ef01891ae80e603463633cd48a3a964c44e15c42b1