diff --git a/srcpkgs/pluma-devel b/srcpkgs/pluma-devel
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+pluma
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diff --git a/srcpkgs/pluma/template b/srcpkgs/pluma/template
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+# Template file for 'pluma'
+pkgname=pluma
+version=1.8.1
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--with-gtk=2.0 --enable-python"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool itstool"
+makedepends="gtk+-devel enchant-devel libSM-devel mate-desktop-devel
+ gtksourceview2-devel libsoup-devel pygtk-devel pygtksourceview iso-codes"
+depends="pygtksourceview desktop-file-utils iso-codes mate-dialogs"
+pycompile_dirs="usr/lib/pluma/plugins"
+short_desc="A powerful text editor for MATE"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+license="LGPL-2"
+homepage="http://mate-desktop.org"
+distfiles="http://pub.mate-desktop.org/releases/1.8/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
+checksum=38accc5c05062981a0649874300bc21ab3ad1a5ef47491186dffe7c035ed9e8b
+
+pluma-devel_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+		vmove usr/share/gtk-doc
+	}
+}