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+# Examples for the LaTeX-Proposal document classes
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+This repository contains various examples of (mock) proposals marked up with the LaTeX-Proposal classes. The serve as a regression test for development and as examples (proposal skeletons) for proposal authors.  
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+* `dfg`: examples for `dfgproposal.cls` and `dfgreport.cls`. 
+* `eu`: examples for `euproposal.cls`
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