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+pythontex-wrapper [![License: CC0-1.0](https://licensebuttons.net/l/zero/1.0/80x15.png)](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
+=================
+
+Wrapper around pdflatex for to use pythontex in lyx.
+
+## Usage
+
+Modify an existing format converter in lyx (for example pdflatex) to use pythontex-wrapper.sh instead of pdflatex.