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+(define-skeleton cmake-project-skeleton
+  "A cmake project template file"
+  "Name: "
+  "cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6)\n"
+  "project(" str ")\n"
+  "\n"
+  "set(" str "_VERSION_MAJOR 0)\n"
+  "set(" str "_VERSION_MINOR 0)\n"
+  "set(" str "_VERSION_PATCH 0)\n"
+  "\n"
+  "set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR})\n"
+  "add_subdirectory(src)")