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 # app4triqs
 
-An example application using cpp2py and triqs
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+A skeleton for a TRIQS application
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-To use this skeleton for a new triqs application, the following steps are necessary:
+To adapt this skeleton for a new triqs application, the following steps are necessary:
 
 * Create a repository, e.g. https://github.com/myuser/mynewapp