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+# this file contains a list of all the synpses that are written in
+# Perl 6 pod, and what files they should generate. They are handled
+# by a separate tool.
+# input and output file name must be separated by a hard tab character.
+S15-unicode.pod	S15.html
+S26-documentation.pod	S26.html
+contents.pod	contents.html
+# vim: noexpandtab ts=30