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+/** @mainpage The Minetest engine internal documentation
+
+Welcome to the Minetest engine Doxygen documentation site!\n
+This page documents the internal structure of the Minetest engine's C++ code.\n
+Use the tree view at the left to navigate.
+
+*/
+