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+This is the gsm-write-a-block package meant as a guide to building
+out-of-tree packages. To use the gsm blocks, the Python namespaces
+is in 'gsm', which is imported as:
+
+    import gsm
+
+See the Doxygen documentation for details about the blocks available
+in this package. A quick listing of the details can be found in Python
+after importing by using: 
+
+    help(gsm)