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+**/*.o
+**/.*.swp
+**/Makefile
+**/Makefile.in
+
+autom4te.cache/
+
+aclocal.m4
+config.log
+config.status
+configure
+compile
+depcomp
+inc/config.hpp
+inc/config.hpp.in
+inc/stamp-h1
+install-sh
+install/
+intltool-extract.in
+intltool-merge.in
+intltool-update.in
+missing
+po/Makefile.in.in
+po/POTFILES
+po/fr.gmo
+po/stamp-it
+src/.deps/
+src/solmyr