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+# Template file for 'scite'
+pkgname=scite
+version=3.7.0
+revision=1
+create_wrksrc=yes
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+makedepends="gtk+-devel lua51-devel"
+short_desc="SCIntilla based Text Editor"
+maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
+license="MIT"
+homepage="http://www.scintilla.org/SciTEDownload.html"
+distfiles="http://www.scintilla.org/scite${version//./}.tgz"
+checksum=034dca55b58d8c3af554900956ea20ca25be6d5157b394ecc3a055788496753b
+
+post_extract() {
+	sed -i 's/gthread-2.0/& lua/' scite/gtk/makefile
+}
+
+do_build() {
+	make ${makejobs} -C scintilla/gtk \
+		CFLAGS="$CFLAGS" CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS" \
+		CC="$CC $LDFLAGS" CXX="$CXX $LDFLAGS"
+	make ${makejobs} -C scite/gtk \
+		CFLAGS="$CFLAGS" CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS" \
+		CC="$CC $LDFLAGS" CXX="$CXX $LDFLAGS" \
+		LUA_CORE_OBJS= LUA_LIB_OBJS=
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	make ${makejobs} -C scite/gtk install DESTDIR="$DESTDIR"
+	vlicense scite/License.txt LICENSE.scite
+	vlicense scintilla/License.txt LICENSE.scintilla
+	ln -sf SciTE $DESTDIR/usr/bin/scite
+}