diff --git a/office/lout/README b/office/lout/README
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+Lout - a document formatting system
+
+Lout is a document formatting system designed and implemented by
+Jeffrey Kingston at the Basser Department of Computer Science,
+University of Sydney, Australia. 
+
+The system reads a high-level description of a document similar in
+style to LaTeX and produces a PostScript file which can be printed
+on most laser printers and graphic display devices. A plain text
+output option is available, as is a highly experimental PDF output
+mode (users are encouraged to generate PostScript, then convert to
+PDF using GhostScript instead.) 
+
+Lout is inherently multilingual. Adding new languages is easy. The
+following languages are currently supported (in alphabetical order):
+Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian,
+Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish,
+Swedish.
+
+The Lout language, in which most document typesetting and layout
+tasks are implemented, is a purely functional language, which
+simplifies reasoning about the operations performed.
diff --git a/office/lout/doinst.sh b/office/lout/doinst.sh
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+( /usr/bin/lout -x -s /usr/share/lout/include/init;
+  chmod 644 /usr/share/lout/data/*;
+  chmod 644 /usr/share/lout/hyph/* )
diff --git a/office/lout/install-fix.patch b/office/lout/install-fix.patch
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+++ b/office/lout/install-fix.patch
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+--- lout-3.39-org/makefile	2010-04-21 15:52:47.000000000 -0700
++++ lout-3.39/makefile	2012-05-14 14:26:11.095459297 -0700
+@@ -386,12 +386,6 @@
+ 	mkdir $(LOUTLIBDIR)/$(LIBLOCA)
+ 	chmod 755 $(LOUTLIBDIR)/$(LIBLOCA)
+ 	@echo ""
+-	@echo "(c) Initializing run (should be silent, no errors expected)"
+-	$(BINDIR)/lout -x -s $(LOUTLIBDIR)/$(LIBINCL)/init
+-	@echo ""
+-	@echo "(d) Changing mode of files just created by initializing run"
+-	chmod 644 $(LOUTLIBDIR)/$(LIBDATA)/*
+-	chmod 644 $(LOUTLIBDIR)/$(LIBHYPH)/*
+ 
+ installman:
+ 	@echo ""
diff --git a/office/lout/lout.SlackBuild b/office/lout/lout.SlackBuild
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Slackware build script for lout
+
+# Copyright 2013 Zhu Qun-Ying (zhu.qunying at gmail.com)
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
+# permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+#
+# 1. Redistributions of this script must retain the above copyright
+#    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+#
+#  THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
+#  WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
+#  MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO
+#  EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+#  SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
+#  PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS;
+#  OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
+#  WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR
+#  OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF
+#  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+
+
+PRGNAM=lout
+VERSION=${VERSION:-3.40}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
+TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
+
+# Automatically determine the architecture we're building on:
+if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
+  case "$( uname -m )" in
+    i?86) ARCH=i486 ;;
+    arm*) ARCH=arm ;;
+    # Unless $ARCH is already set, use uname -m for all other archs:
+       *) ARCH=$( uname -m ) ;;
+  esac
+fi
+
+CWD=$(pwd)
+TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/SBo}
+PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM
+OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
+
+if [ "$ARCH" = "i486" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i486 -mtune=i686"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
+elif [ "$ARCH" = "i686" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -mtune=i686"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
+elif [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX="64"
+else
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
+fi
+
+set -e # Exit on most errors
+
+rm -rf $PKG
+mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
+cd $TMP
+rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
+tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz
+cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
+chown -R root:root .
+find . \
+ \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 -o -perm 511 \) \
+ -exec chmod 755 {} \; -o \
+ \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) \
+ -exec chmod 644 {} \;
+
+patch -p1 < $CWD/install-fix.patch
+
+# fixed man page content
+sed -i "s/local\/lib/share/g" man/$PRGNAM.1
+
+export OS_UNIX=1
+export USESTAT=1
+
+export PREFIX=/usr
+export BINDIR=$PREFIX/bin
+export LOUTLIBDIR=$PREFIX/share/$PRGNAM
+export LOUTDOCDIR=$PREFIX/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+export MANDIR=$PREFIX/man/man1/
+
+export CHARIN=1
+export CHAROUT=0
+
+export COLLATE=1
+
+export PDF_COMPRESSION=1
+export ZLIB=-lz
+export ZLIBPATH=
+
+make -e all
+
+export PREFIX=$PKG/usr
+export BINDIR=$PREFIX/bin
+export LOUTLIBDIR=$PREFIX/share/$PRGNAM
+export LOUTDOCDIR=$PREFIX/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+export MANDIR=$PREFIX/man/man1/
+
+mkdir -p $BINDIR
+mkdir -p $LOUTDOCDIR
+mkdir -p $MANDIR
+mkdir -p $PREFIX/share
+
+make -e allinstall
+
+find $PKG | xargs file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \
+  | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true
+
+find $PKG/usr/man -type f -exec gzip -9 {} \;
+for i in $( find $PKG/usr/man -type l ) ; do ln -s $( readlink $i ).gz $i.gz ; rm $i ; done
+
+cp $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/
+cp $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION-user.ps.gz $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/
+find $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION -name "*.ps" | xargs gzip
+
+mkdir -p $PKG/install
+cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
+cat $CWD/doinst.sh > $PKG/install/doinst.sh
+
+cd $PKG
+/sbin/makepkg -l y -c n $OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
diff --git a/office/lout/lout.info b/office/lout/lout.info
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+PRGNAM="lout"
+VERSION="3.40"
+HOMEPAGE="http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/lout"
+DOWNLOAD="http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/lout/lout-3.40.tar.gz \
+          http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/lout/lout-3.40-user.ps.gz"
+MD5SUM="fd0fe084cebd07fc209d392a2d380755 \
+        07fea75d0d03a3cd783646f638747f18"
+DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
+MD5SUM_x86_64=""
+REQUIRES=""
+MAINTAINER="Zhu Qun-Ying"
+EMAIL="zhu.qunying@gmail.com"
diff --git a/office/lout/slack-desc b/office/lout/slack-desc
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+# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.  Line
+# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' on
+# the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.  You must make
+# exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct.  It's also customary to
+# leave one space after the ':'.
+
+    |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
+lout: Lout - a document formatting system
+lout:
+lout: Lout is a document formatting system designed and implemented by
+lout: Jeffrey Kingston at the Basser Department of Computer Science,
+lout: University of Sydney, Australia. 
+lout:
+lout: The system reads a high-level description of a document similar in
+lout: style to LaTeX and produces a PostScript file which can be printed
+lout: on most laser printers and graphic display devices.
+lout: 
+lout: homepage: http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/lout