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+# Template file for 'highlight'
+pkgname=highlight
+version=3.23
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+make_cmd="make QMAKE=qmake"
+conf_files="/etc/highlight/filetypes.conf"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config qt-qmake qt-devel"
+makedepends="boost-devel lua-devel"
+short_desc="Fast and flexible source code highlighter (CLI version)"
+maintainer="Steve Prybylski <sa.prybylx@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-3"
+homepage="http://www.andre-simon.de/doku/highlight/highlight.html"
+distfiles="http://www.andre-simon.de/zip/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
+checksum=bcc7a4e12aa8fc20cc4bf0bd550992f41f0c22f9e81bb0cd1f58abea8ce272b1