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+# Ignore all files generated by "pdflatex"
+bkhandbuch.pdf
+
+# Ignore log/auxiliary files from tex
+*.glo
+*.ist
+*.aux
+*.log
+*.out
+
+# Ignore .swp, created by vim
+.*.swp