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LICENSE.txt

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+MIT License
+Copyright (c) 2020 YOUR NAME
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.

MANIFEST

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+# file GENERATED by distutils, do NOT edit
+setup.cfg
+setup.py
+scadnano\__init__.py
+scadnano\origami_rectangle.py
+scadnano\scadnano.py

README.md

@@ -8,40 +8,38 @@ This module is used to write Python scripts outputting *.dna files readable by [
 
 The scadnano Python package requires [Python version 3.7](https://www.python.org/downloads/) or later. 
 
-There are two ways you can install it:
+There are two ways you can install the scadnano Python package:
 
 
-### pip 
+1. pip 
 
-1. If your Python installation does not already have pip installed, you may have to install it. 
-Executing [this Python script](https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py) should work; 
-see also 
-https://docs.python.org/3/installing/index.html 
-or 
-https://www.liquidweb.com/kb/install-pip-windows/.
-
-2. Clone this repository by downloading [Git](https://git-scm.com/) and executing the following at the command line: 
+    Use pip to install the package by executing the following at the command line:
     ```console
-    git clone https://github.com/UC-Davis-molecular-computing/scadnano-python-package.git
+    pip install scadnano
     ```
 
+    If your Python installation does not already have pip installed, you may have to install it. 
+    Executing [this Python script](https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py) should work; 
+    see also 
+    https://docs.python.org/3/installing/index.html 
+    or 
+    https://www.liquidweb.com/kb/install-pip-windows/.
 
-3. Use pip to install the package from the local repository by executing the following at the command line from the same directory where you executed the git command above: 
-    ```console
-    pip install -e scadnano-python-package/
-    ```
+2. download
 
-### download
-As a simple alternative, you can download and place the following file(s) (located in the [scadnano/ subfolder](https://github.com/UC-Davis-molecular-computing/scadnano-python-package/tree/master/scadnano)) in your PYTHONPATH (e.g., in the same directory as the scripts you are running):
+    As a simple alternative, you can download and place the following file(s) (located in the [scadnano/ subfolder](https://github.com/UC-Davis-molecular-computing/scadnano-python-package/tree/master/scadnano)) in your PYTHONPATH (e.g., in the same directory as the scripts you are running):
 
-* *required*: [scadnano.py](https://github.com/UC-Davis-molecular-computing/scadnano-python-package/blob/master/scadnano/scadnano.py) 
-* *optional*: [origami_rectangle.py](https://github.com/UC-Davis-molecular-computing/scadnano-python-package/blob/master/scadnano/origami_rectangle.py); This can help create origami rectangles, but it is not necessary to use scadnano.
-
-## Examples
-
-Several example scripts are located in the [examples/](https://github.com/UC-Davis-molecular-computing/scadnano-python-package/tree/master/examples) subfolder. Their output is contained in the [examples/output_designs/](https://github.com/UC-Davis-molecular-computing/scadnano-python-package/tree/master/examples/output_designs) subfolder.
+    * *required*: [scadnano.py](https://github.com/UC-Davis-molecular-computing/scadnano-python-package/blob/master/scadnano/scadnano.py) 
+    * *optional*: [origami_rectangle.py](https://github.com/UC-Davis-molecular-computing/scadnano-python-package/blob/master/scadnano/origami_rectangle.py); This can help create origami rectangles, but it is not necessary to use scadnano.
 
 ## Documentation
 
 Online documentation of the package API is located here:
-https://web.cs.ucdavis.edu/~doty/scadnano/docs/
+https://web.cs.ucdavis.edu/~doty/scadnano/docs/
+
+## Examples
+
+Several example scripts are located in the 
+[examples/](https://github.com/UC-Davis-molecular-computing/scadnano-python-package/tree/master/examples) subfolder. 
+Their output is contained in the 
+[examples/output_designs/](https://github.com/UC-Davis-molecular-computing/scadnano-python-package/tree/master/examples/output_designs) subfolder.

setup.cfg

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+[metadata]
+description-file = README.md

setup.py

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 from distutils.core import setup
 
 setup(name='scadnano',
+      packages=['scadnano'],
       version='0.0.1',
-      description="",
-      author="",
-      author_email="",
-      url="",
-      packages=['scadnano']
+      license='MIT',
+      description="Python scripting library for generating designs readable by scadnano.",
+      author="David Doty",
+      author_email="[email protected]",
+      url="https://github.com/UC-Davis-molecular-computing/scadnano-python-package",
+      download_url = 'https://github.com/UC-Davis-molecular-computing/scadnano-python-package/???', 
     )