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+--[[
+    This file is part of darktable,
+    copyright (c) 2017 Tobias Jakobs
+    darktable is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+    darktable is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+    GNU General Public License for more details.
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with darktable.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+]]
+
+--[[
+Print Examples
+prints "hello world when DT starts
+USAGE
+* require this file from your main lua config file:
+]]
+local dt = require "darktable"
+dt.configuration.check_version(...,{5,0,0})
+
+-- Will print a string to the darktable control log (the long
+-- overlayed window that appears over the main panel).
+dt.print("print")
+
+-- This function will print its parameter if the Lua logdomain is
+-- activated. Start darktable with the "-d lua" command line option
+-- to enable the Lua logdomain.
+dt.print_error("print error")
+
+-- This function will print its parameter if the Lua logdomain is
+-- activated. Start darktable with the "-d lua" command line option
+-- to enable the Lua logdomain.
+dt.print_log("print log")
+
+--
+-- vim: shiftwidth=2 expandtab tabstop=2 cindent syntax=lua