1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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7 | <!ENTITY gobject-introspection-download-http "&gnome-download-http;/gobject-introspection/0.6/gobject-introspection-&gobject-introspection-version;.tar.bz2">
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8 | <!ENTITY gobject-introspection-download-ftp "&gnome-download-ftp;/gobject-introspection/0.6/gobject-introspection-&gobject-introspection-version;.tar.bz2">
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9 | <!ENTITY gobject-introspection-md5sum "7ea9be9a347b5c408fd3c3907803de9b">
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10 | <!ENTITY gobject-introspection-size "745 KB">
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11 | <!ENTITY gobject-introspection-buildsize "20 MB">
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12 | <!ENTITY gobject-introspection-time "0.4 SBU">
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13 | ]>
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14 |
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15 | <sect1 id="gobject-introspection" xreflabel="gobject-introspection-&gobject-introspection-version;">
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16 | <?dbhtml filename="gobject-introspection.html"?>
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17 |
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18 | <sect1info>
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19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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21 | </sect1info>
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22 |
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23 | <title>gobject-introspection-&gobject-introspection-version;</title>
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24 |
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25 | <indexterm zone="gobject-introspection">
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26 | <primary sortas="a-gobject-introspection">gobject-introspection</primary>
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27 | </indexterm>
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28 |
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29 | <sect2 role="package">
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30 | <title>Introduction to gobject-introspection</title>
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31 |
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32 | <para>The <application>gobject-introspection</application> package is used
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33 | to describe the APIs and collect them in a uniform, machine readable
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34 | format.</para>
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35 |
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36 | &lfs65_checked;
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37 |
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38 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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39 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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40 | <listitem>
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41 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gobject-introspection-download-http;"/></para>
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42 | </listitem>
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43 | <listitem>
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44 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&gobject-introspection-download-ftp;"/></para>
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45 | </listitem>
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46 | <listitem>
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47 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &gobject-introspection-md5sum;</para>
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48 | </listitem>
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49 | <listitem>
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50 | <para>Download size: &gobject-introspection-size;</para>
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51 | </listitem>
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52 | <listitem>
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53 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &gobject-introspection-buildsize;</para>
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54 | </listitem>
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55 | <listitem>
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56 | <para>Estimated build time: &gobject-introspection-time;</para>
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57 | </listitem>
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58 | </itemizedlist>
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59 |
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60 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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61 | <para role="required"><xref linkend="glib2"/>,
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62 | <xref linkend="libffi"/>, and
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63 | <xref linkend="python"/></para>
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64 |
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65 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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66 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="cairo"/> (Required for the tests) and
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67 | <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/></para>
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68 |
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69 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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70 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/gobject-introspection"/></para>
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71 |
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72 | </sect2>
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73 |
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74 | <sect2 role="installation">
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75 | <title>Installation of gobject-introspection</title>
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76 |
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77 | <para>Install <application>gobject-introspection</application> by running
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78 | the following commands:</para>
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79 |
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80 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
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81 | --disable-tests &&
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82 | make</userinput></screen>
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83 |
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84 | <para>To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.</para>
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85 |
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86 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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87 |
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88 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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89 |
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90 | </sect2>
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91 |
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92 | <sect2 role="commands">
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93 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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94 |
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95 | <para><parameter>--disable-tests</parameter>: This parameter disable test
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96 | libraries. Remove the parameter if you have <application>cairo</application>
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97 | installed and would like the tests to be performed.</para>
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98 |
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99 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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100 | href="../../xincludes/gtk-doc-rebuild.xml"/>
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101 |
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102 | </sect2>
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103 |
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104 | <sect2 role="content">
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105 | <title>Contents</title>
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106 |
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107 | <segmentedlist>
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108 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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109 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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110 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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111 |
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112 | <seglistitem>
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113 | <seg>g-ir-compiler and g-ir-generate</seg>
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114 | <seg>_giscanner.{so,a} and libgirepository-1.0.{so,a}</seg>
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115 | <seg>/usr/{include/gobject-introspection-1.0,lib/{girepository-1.0,
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116 | gobject-introspection/giscanner},share/{gir-1.0,
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117 | gobject-introspection-1.0}}</seg>
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118 | </seglistitem>
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119 | </segmentedlist>
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120 |
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121 | <variablelist>
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122 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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123 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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124 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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125 |
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126 | <varlistentry id="g-ir-compiler">
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127 | <term><command>g-ir-compiler</command></term>
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128 | <listitem>
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129 | <para>converts one or more GIR files into one or more typelib.</para>
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130 | <indexterm zone="gobject-introspection g-ir-compiler">
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131 | <primary sortas="b-g-ir-compiler">g-ir-compiler</primary>
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132 | </indexterm>
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133 | </listitem>
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134 | </varlistentry>
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135 |
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136 | <varlistentry id="g-ir-scanner">
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137 | <term><command>g-ir-scanner</command></term>
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138 | <listitem>
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139 | <para>is a tool which generates GIR XML files by parsing headers and
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140 | introspecting GObject based libraries.</para>
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141 | <indexterm zone="gobject-introspection g-ir-scanner">
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142 | <primary sortas="b-g-ir-scanner">g-ir-scanner</primary>
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143 | </indexterm>
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144 | </listitem>
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145 | </varlistentry>
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146 |
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147 | <varlistentry id="g-ir-generate">
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148 | <term><command>g-ir-generate</command></term>
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149 | <listitem>
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150 | <para>is a GIR generator, using the repository API.</para>
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151 | <indexterm zone="gobject-introspection g-ir-generate">
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152 | <primary sortas="b-g-ir-generate">g-ir-generate</primary>
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153 | </indexterm>
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154 | </listitem>
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155 | </varlistentry>
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156 |
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157 | <varlistentry id="libgirepository-1.0">
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158 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libgirepository-1.0.{so,a}</filename></term>
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159 | <listitem>
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160 | <para>provides an API to access to the typelib metadata.</para>
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161 | <indexterm zone="gobject-introspection libgirepository-1.0">
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162 | <primary sortas="c-libgirepository-1.0">libgirepository-1.0.{so,a}</primary>
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163 | </indexterm>
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164 | </listitem>
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165 | </varlistentry>
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166 |
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167 | <varlistentry id="libgirepository-everything-1.0">
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168 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libgirepository-everything-1.0.{so,a}</filename></term>
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169 | <listitem>
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170 | <para>provides an API to access to the typelib metadata.</para>
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171 | <indexterm zone="gobject-introspection libgirepository-everything-1.0">
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172 | <primary sortas="c-libgirepository-everything-1.0">libgirepository-everything-1.0.{so,a}</primary>
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173 | </indexterm>
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174 | </listitem>
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175 | </varlistentry>
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176 |
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177 | </variablelist>
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178 |
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179 | </sect2>
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180 |
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181 | </sect1>
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