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title: "Glyph - <code>.glyph</code> files"
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<p>The <code>text</code> folder of any Glyph folder contains all the text source files used to produce a document.
	Although there are no restrictions on the extension of the files in this folder, you may want to use
	<code>.glyph</code>, especially if <a href="http://www.vim.org">Vim</a> is your favorite text editor.</p>
<p>The reason is simple: a Glyph syntax file is <a href="http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=3086">available
		on vim.org</a>. Although not essential, syntax highlighting does help when editing Glyph files.</p>
<p>If you use TextMate, you may want to check out Eric Givens&#8217; <a
		href="http://github.com/darthzippy/glyph.tmbundle">Glyph TextMate Bundle</a>.</p>
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