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+Smarty is a template engine for PHP. More specifically, it facilitates a
+manageable way to separate application logic and content from its
+presentation. This is best described in a situation where the application
+programmer and the template designer play different roles, or in most cases
+are not the same person.
+
+Some of Smarty's features:
+* It is extremely fast.
+* It is efficient since the PHP parser does the dirty work.
+* No template parsing overhead, only compiles once.
+* It is smart about recompiling only the template files that have changed.
+* You can easily create your own custom functions and variable modifiers,
+  so the template language is extremely extensible.
+* Configurable template {delimiter} tag syntax, so you can use
+  {$foo}, {{$foo}}, <!--{$foo}-->, etc.
+* The {if}..{elseif}..{else}..{/if} constructs are passed to the PHP
+  parser, so the {if...} expression syntax can be as simple or as complex
+  an evaluation as you like.
+* Allows unlimited nesting of sections, if's etc.
+* Built-in caching support
+* Arbitrary template sources
+* Custom cache handling functions
+* Template Inheritance for easy management of template content.
+* Plugin architecture
+
+See the Documentation at http://www.smarty.net/documentation for
+instructions on how to configure PHP & Smarty to work together.
+
+Smarty gets installed under /usr/lib/php/Smarty, so to use it, in standard
+configuration it should be enough to use the following PHP code:
+require_once( 'Smarty/Smarty.class.php' );