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 <html>
 <head>
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+<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
+  <link rel="STYLESHEET" href="../../book.css"
  type="text/css">
   <title>CDT Programmer's Guide</title>
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 the TextEdits required to accomplish changes to the AST.<br>
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+<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
   <link rel="STYLESHEET" href="../book.css" charset="ISO-8859-1"
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   <title>CDT Programmer's Guide</title>
 </head>
 <body>
-<h1>CDT Programmer's Guide</h1>
-<p>Welcome to the wacky world of CDT plug-in programming.<br>
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