diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a123e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+*.eps
+*.go
+*.log
+*.pdf
+*.png
+*.tar.xz
+*.tar.gz
+*.tmp
+*~
+.#*
+\#*\#
+,*
+/ABOUT-NLS
+/INSTALL
+/aclocal.m4
+/autom4te.cache
+/build-aux/ar-lib
+/build-aux/compile
+/build-aux/config.guess
+/build-aux/config.rpath
+/build-aux/config.sub
+/build-aux/depcomp
+/build-aux/install-sh
+/build-aux/mdate-sh
+/build-aux/missing
+/build-aux/test-driver
+/build-aux/texinfo.tex
+/config.status
+/configure
+/doc/*.1
+/doc/.dirstamp
+/doc/contributing.*.texi
+/doc/*.aux
+/doc/*.cp
+/doc/*.cps
+/doc/*.fn
+/doc/*.fns
+/doc/*.html
+/doc/*.info
+/doc/*.info-[0-9]
+/doc/*.ky
+/doc/*.pg
+/doc/*.toc
+/doc/*.t2p
+/doc/*.tp
+/doc/*.vr
+/doc/*.vrs
+/doc/stamp-vti
+/doc/version.texi
+/doc/version-*.texi
+/m4/*
+/pre-inst-env
+/test-env
+/test-tmp
+/tests/*.trs
+GPATH
+GRTAGS
+GTAGS
+Makefile
+Makefile.in
+config.cache
+stamp-h[0-9]
+tmp
+/.version
+/doc/stamp-[0-9]
diff --git a/pre-inst-env.in b/pre-inst-env.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..31c499d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pre-inst-env.in
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+abs_top_srcdir="`cd "@abs_top_srcdir@" > /dev/null; pwd`"
+abs_top_builddir="`cd "@abs_top_builddir@" > /dev/null; pwd`"
+
+GUILE_LOAD_COMPILED_PATH="$abs_top_builddir${GUILE_LOAD_COMPILED_PATH:+:}$GUILE_LOAD_COMPILED_PATH"
+GUILE_LOAD_PATH="$abs_top_builddir:$abs_top_srcdir${GUILE_LOAD_PATH:+:}:$GUILE_LOAD_PATH"
+export GUILE_LOAD_COMPILED_PATH GUILE_LOAD_PATH
+
+PATH="$abs_top_builddir/scripts:$PATH"
+export PATH
+
+exec "$@"