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+# use vim as an editor
+export EDITOR="mate -w"
+PATH="/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/:$PATH"
+PATH="/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin/:$PATH"
+PATH="/usr/local/homebrew/bin/:$PATH"
+PATH="/usr/local/homebrew/sbin/:$PATH"
+PATH="/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/:$PATH"
+PATH="/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7/bin:$PATH"
+PATH="/Developer/SDKs/android-sdk-mac_86/tools/:$PATH"
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