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 Welcome to ESS Python Tools's documentation!
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+Current release: |release|
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 This is the automatic documentation of the ESS Python tools developed by the beam physics group.
 
 The sources can be found on GitLab_.
 
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 Installation is easiest using pip. If you want to install just for your user type
 
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