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+# WikiCookBook
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+WikiCookBook is a simple graphical editor for creating MoinMoin wiki pages for recips.
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+It is based on [Python](https://www.python.org), [Qt](https://www.qt.io/) and [PyQt](https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/software/pyqt/intro).