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@@ -27,16 +27,16 @@ Introduction
 
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-ChaiScript is one of the only embedded scripting language designed from the 
-ground up to directly target C++ and take advantage of modern C++ development 
+ChaiScript is one of the only embedded scripting language designed from the
+ground up to directly target C++ and take advantage of modern C++ development
 techniques, working with the developer how they would expect it to work.  Being a
-native C++ application, it has some advantages over existing embedded scripting 
+native C++ application, it has some advantages over existing embedded scripting
 languages:
 
-1. It uses a header-only approach, which makes it easy to integrate with 
+1. It uses a header-only approach, which makes it easy to integrate with
    existing projects.
 2. It maintains type safety between your C++ application and the user scripts.
-3. It supports a variety of C++ techniques including callbacks, overloaded 
+3. It supports a variety of C++ techniques including callbacks, overloaded
    functions, class methods, and stl containers.
 
 
@@ -66,17 +66,17 @@ Usage
 
 * Add the ChaiScript include directory to your project's header search path
 * Add `#include <chaiscript/chaiscript.hpp>` to your source file
-* Instantiate the ChaiScript engine in your application.  For example, create a 
+* Instantiate the ChaiScript engine in your application.  For example, create a
   new engine with the name `chai` like so: `chaiscript::ChaiScript chai`
-* The default behavior is to load the ChaiScript standard library from a 
+* The default behavior is to load the ChaiScript standard library from a
   loadable module. A second option is to compile the library into your code,
   see below for an example.
 
-Once instantiated, the engine is ready to start running ChaiScript source.  You
-have two main options for processing ChaiScript source: a line at a time using 
+Once instantiated, the engine is ready to start running ChaiScript source. You
+have two main options for processing ChaiScript source: a line at a time using
 `chai.eval(string)` and a file at a time using `chai.eval_file(fname)`
 
-To make functions in your C++ code visible to scripts, they must be registered 
+To make functions in your C++ code visible to scripts, they must be registered
 with the scripting engine.  To do so, call add:
 
     chai.add(chaiscript::fun(&my_function), "my_function_name");
@@ -86,15 +86,15 @@ Once registered the function will be visible to scripts as "my_function_name"
 Examples
 ========
 
-ChaiScript is similar to ECMAScript (aka JavaScript(tm)), but with some 
-modifications to make it easier to use.  For usage examples see the "samples" 
-directory, and for more in-depth look at the language, the unit tests in the 
+ChaiScript is similar to ECMAScript (aka JavaScript(tm)), but with some
+modifications to make it easier to use.  For usage examples see the "samples"
+directory, and for more in-depth look at the language, the unit tests in the
 "unittests" directory cover the most ground.
 
-For examples of how to register parts of your C++ application, see 
-"example.cpp" in the "samples" directory. Example.cpp is verbose and shows every 
-possible way of working with the library. For further documentation generate 
-the doxygen documentation in the build folder or see the website 
+For examples of how to register parts of your C++ application, see
+"example.cpp" in the "samples" directory. Example.cpp is verbose and shows every
+possible way of working with the library. For further documentation generate
+the doxygen documentation in the build folder or see the website
 http://www.chaiscript.com.