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+
+# we need xelatex for utf-8 support
+tex = xelatex
+
+all: userguide.pdf
+
+.PHONY: all clean
+
+userguide.pdf: userguide/userguide.tex
+	$(tex) $^
+
+userguide/userguide.tex: rest-api.tex host-management.tex console.tex code-update.tex
+
+%.tex: %.md
+	pandoc -o $@ $^
+
+clean:
+	rm -f *.aux *.tex *.out *.pdf