diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
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+++ b/MANIFEST.in
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+include setup.py
+recursive-include distutils.ext *.py *.c *.pem
+recursive-include src *.pyx *.pxd *.c *.h *.cfiles
+recursive-include doc/sphinx/source *.txt *.rst *.py
+recursive-include doc/sphinx/sphinxext *.py
+include doc/sphinx/make.bat
+include doc/sphinx/Makefile
+include README.txt
+include requirements.txt
+
diff --git a/python/obitools3/__init__.py b/python/obitools3/__init__.py
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diff --git a/python/obitools3/obidms/__init__.py b/python/obitools3/obidms/__init__.py
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diff --git a/python/obitools3/obidms/capidms.cfiles b/python/obitools3/obidms/capidms.cfiles
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+++ b/python/obitools3/obidms/capidms.cfiles
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+../../../src/obidms.h
+../../../src/obidms.c
+../../../src/obierrno.h
+../../../src/obierrno.c
+../../../src/obilittlebigman.h
+../../../src/obilittlebigman.c
+../../../src/obitypes.h
+../../../src/obitypes.c
+
diff --git a/python/obitools3/obidms/capidms.pyd b/python/obitools3/obidms/capidms.pyd
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+++ b/python/obitools3/obidms/capidms.pyd
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+cdef extern from *:
+    ctypedef char* const_char_p "const char*"
+
+
+cdef extern from "obidms.h":
+	struct OBIDMS_t:
+        pass
+    ctypedef OBIDMS_t* OBIDMS_p 
+	OBIDMS_p obi_create_dms(const_char_p name)
+	OBIDMS_p obi_open_dms(const_char_p name)
+	int obi_close_dms(OBIDMS_p dms)
+	
+class OBIDMS:
+	cdef OBIDMS_p pointer
+	
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diff --git a/python/obitools3/obidms/capidms.pyx b/python/obitools3/obidms/capidms.pyx
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+++ b/python/obitools3/obidms/capidms.pyx
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+from capidms cimport *
+
+class OBIDMS:
+    def __init__(self,name):
+        self.pointer = obi_create_dms(name)
+        
+    def __del__(self):
+        obi_close_dms(self.pointer)
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diff --git a/python/obitools3/obidms/obidmscolumn/__init__.py b/python/obitools3/obidms/obidmscolumn/__init__.py
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diff --git a/python/obitools3/obidms/obidmscolumn/capidmscolumn.cfiles b/python/obitools3/obidms/obidmscolumn/capidmscolumn.cfiles
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+++ b/python/obitools3/obidms/obidmscolumn/capidmscolumn.cfiles
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+../../../../src/obidms.h
+../../../../src/obidms.c
+../../../../src/obierrno.h
+../../../../src/obierrno.c
+../../../../src/obilittlebigman.h
+../../../../src/obilittlebigman.c
+../../../../src/obitypes.h
+../../../../src/obitypes.c
+../../../../src/obidmscolumn.h
+../../../../src/obidmscolumn.c
+
diff --git a/python/obitools3/obidms/obidmscolumn/capidmscolumn.pyd b/python/obitools3/obidms/obidmscolumn/capidmscolumn.pyd
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diff --git a/python/obitools3/obidms/obidmscolumn/capidmscolumn.pyx b/python/obitools3/obidms/obidmscolumn/capidmscolumn.pyx
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diff --git a/python/obitools3/version.py b/python/obitools3/version.py
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+++ b/python/obitools3/version.py
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+major = 1
+minor = 1
+serial= '16'
+
+version = "%2d.%02d.%s" % (major,minor,serial)
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
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+++ b/requirements.txt
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+--extra-index-url https://pypi.python.org/simple/
+Cython>=0.21
+Sphinx>=1.2.0
+ipython>=3.0.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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