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+# Template file for 'txtw'
+pkgname=txtw
+version=0.4
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+make_use_env=compliant
+makedepends="cairo-devel"
+short_desc="Return the pixel width of the given strings for a given font"
+maintainer="maxice8 <thinkabit.ukim@gmail.com>"
+license="Unlicense"
+homepage="https://github.com/baskerville/txtw"
+distfiles="https://github.com/baskerville/txtw/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=b7c974ffda5b65421daee8c015f154b2a51daf2d736df841873d9b262c868846
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense LICENSE
+}