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+MAINFILE = Satzung.rst
+RST2ODT = rst2odt
+RST2HTML = rst2html
+ODTSTYLESHEET = ./Styles/styles.odt
+
+ODTFIlE = Satzung.odt
+HTMLFILE = Satzung.html
+
+help:
+	@echo "Please use \'make <target>' where <target> is on of"
+	@echo "  html to make a HTML version"
+	@echo "  odt  to make a ODT version"
+
+clean:
+	-rm -rf Satzung.odt Satzung.html
+
+odt:
+	$(RST2ODT) --stylesheet=$(ODTSTYLESHEET) --no-sections --strip-comments --smart-quotes=yes --create-links $(MAINFILE) ./ODT/$(ODTFIlE)
+	@echo
+	@echo "Build finished. The ODT file is named Satzung.odt"
+
+html:
+	$(RST2HTML) --smart-quotes=yes --no-compact-list --date $(MAINFILE) ./HTML/$(HTMLFILE)
+	@echo
+	@echo "Build finished. The HTML file is named Satzung.html"