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+# Kara Quick View
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+[Kara](http://www.swisseduc.ch/informatik/karatojava/kara/index.html) is a great
+way of getting familiar with many programming concepts. This QuickView plugin
+adds support for Kara .world and .kara files to QuickView.
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