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+import std/[tables]
+
+version       = "0.1.0"
+author        = "Daylin Morgan"
+description   = "bringing some fun (hwyl) to the terminal"
+license       = "MIT"
+srcDir        = "../src"
+namedBin      = {"hwylterm/bbansi":"bbansi"}.toTable
+
+
+requires "nim >= 2.0.8"