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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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+	<name>obitools3</name>
+	<comment></comment>
+	<projects>
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+			<name>org.python.pydev.PyDevBuilder</name>
+			<arguments>
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+		<nature>org.python.pydev.pythonNature</nature>
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