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 # leafpad
 
+Leafpad is a simple GTK+ based text editor.
+The user interface is similar to "notepad", and it aims to be lighter than GEdit and KWrite and to be as useful as them.
+
diff --git a/leafpad.spec b/leafpad.spec
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+Name:          leafpad
+Version:       0.8.18.1
+Release:       1mamba
+Summary:       GTK+2 based notepad clone
+Group:         Graphical Desktop/Applications/Utilities
+Vendor:        openmamba
+Distribution:  openmamba
+Packager:      Fabio Giani <fabio.giani@gmail.com>
+URL:           http://tarot.freeshell.org/leafpad/
+Source:        http://savannah.nongnu.org/download/leafpad/leafpad-%{version}.tar.gz
+License:       GPL
+BuildRoot:     %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-root
+## AUTOBUILDREQ-BEGIN
+BuildRequires: glibc-devel
+BuildRequires: libatk-devel
+BuildRequires: libcairo-devel
+BuildRequires: libfontconfig-devel
+BuildRequires: libfreetype-devel
+BuildRequires: libglib-devel
+BuildRequires: libgtk-devel
+BuildRequires: libpango-devel
+## AUTOBUILDREQ-END
+
+%description
+Leafpad is a simple GTK+ based text editor. 
+The user interface is similar to "notepad", and it aims to be lighter than GEdit and KWrite and to be as useful as them.
+
+%prep
+
+%setup -q
+
+%build
+%configure --enable-chooser
+%make
+
+%install
+[ "%{buildroot}" != / ] && rm -rf "%{buildroot}"
+%makeinstall DESTDIR=%{buildroot}
+
+
+%find_lang %{name}
+
+%clean
+[ "%{buildroot}" != / ] && rm -rf "%{buildroot}"
+
+%files -f %{name}.lang
+%defattr(-,root,root)
+%doc AUTHORS COPYING ChangeLog NEWS README
+%{_bindir}/*
+%{_datadir}/pixmaps/*
+%{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/*/apps/*.png
+%{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/*/apps/*.svg
+%{_datadir}/applications/%{name}.desktop
+
+%changelog
+* Sat Jun 18 2011 Automatic Build System <autodist@mambasoft.it> 0.8.18.1-1mamba
+- automatic update by autodist
+
+* Thu Jan 06 2011 Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it> 0.8.18-1mamba
+- update to 0.8.18
+- fixed group
+
+* Fri Jan 15 2010 Fabio Giani <fabio.giani@gmail.com> 0.8.17-1mamba
+- package created by autospec