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+# Template file for 'gtkedit'
+pkgname=gtkedit
+version=0.1.6
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+makedepends="gtk+-devel"
+maintainer="cr6git <quark6@protonmail.com>"
+short_desc="Text Editor written in C and Gtk+2"
+homepage="https://github.com/drankinatty/gtkwrite"
+license="GPL-2"
+distfiles="https://github.com/drankinatty/gtkwrite/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=762f0d62f6733fd35d5d53003066a8eca1ad91d8724ec56d14573a251ac4b29d
+wrksrc="gtkwrite-${version}"
+
+# Without GtkSourceView it will compile as 'gtkedit'
+# With GtkSourceView it compiles as 'gtkwrite'
+
+pre_build() {
+	CFLAGS+=" $(pkg-config --cflags gtk+-2.0)"
+	LDFLAGS+=" $(pkg-config --libs gtk+-2.0)"
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	vbin bin/gtkedit_dev gtkedit
+	vdoc README.md
+	vinstall img/gtkwrite.png 644 usr/share/gtkwrite/img
+	vinstall img/gtkwrite.ico 644 usr/share/gtkwrite/img
+	vinstall styles/gtkwrite.xml 644 usr/share/gtksourceview-2.0/styles
+	vinstall styles/gtkwrite_light.xml 644 usr/share/gtksourceview-2.0/styles
+}