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 # winit - Cross-platform window creation and management in Rust
 
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+[![Crates.io](https://img.shields.io/crates/v/winit.svg)](https://crates.io/crates/winit)
 [![Docs.rs](https://docs.rs/winit/badge.svg)](https://docs.rs/winit)
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/rust-windowing/winit.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/rust-windowing/winit)
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