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+# About this code
+
+Work in progress ...
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+project = "pybalmorel"
+copyright = "2024, Authors"
+author = "Mathias Berg Rosendal, Théodore Le Nalinec"
+release = "0.3.4"
+
+exclude_patterns = ["_build", "Thumbs.db", ".DS_Store"]
+
+extensions = [
+    "myst_parser",  # in order to use markdown
+]
+
+myst_enable_extensions = [
+    "colon_fence",  # ::: can be used instead of ``` for better rendering
+]
+
+html_theme = "sphinx_rtd_theme"
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