diff --git a/examples/templates/library/Makefile b/examples/templates/library/Makefile
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+++ b/examples/templates/library/Makefile
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+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.SUFFIXES:
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ifeq ($(strip $(DEVKITARM)),)
+$(error "Please set DEVKITARM in your environment. export DEVKITARM=<path to>devkitARM")
+endif
+
+include $(DEVKITARM)/3ds_rules
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# TARGET is the name of the output
+# BUILD is the directory where object files & intermediate files will be placed
+# SOURCES is a list of directories containing source code
+# DATA is a list of directories containing data files
+# INCLUDES is a list of directories containing header files
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+TARGET		:=	$(shell basename $(CURDIR))
+BUILD		:=	build
+SOURCES		:=	source
+DATA		:=	data
+INCLUDES	:=	include
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# options for code generation
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ARCH	:=	-march=armv6k -mtune=mpcore -mfloat-abi=softfp
+
+CFLAGS	:=	-g -Wall -O2\
+		$(ARCH)
+
+CFLAGS	+=	$(INCLUDE) -DARM11 -D_3DS
+CXXFLAGS	:= $(CFLAGS) -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions
+
+ASFLAGS	:=	-g $(ARCH)
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# list of directories containing libraries, this must be the top level containing
+# include and lib
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+LIBDIRS	:=	$(CTRULIB)
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# no real need to edit anything past this point unless you need to add additional
+# rules for different file extensions
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ifneq ($(BUILD),$(notdir $(CURDIR)))
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+export OUTPUT	:=	$(CURDIR)/lib/lib$(TARGET).a
+
+export VPATH	:=	$(foreach dir,$(SOURCES),$(CURDIR)/$(dir)) \
+			$(foreach dir,$(DATA),$(CURDIR)/$(dir))
+
+export DEPSDIR	:=	$(CURDIR)/$(BUILD)
+
+CFILES		:=	$(foreach dir,$(SOURCES),$(notdir $(wildcard $(dir)/*.c)))
+CPPFILES	:=	$(foreach dir,$(SOURCES),$(notdir $(wildcard $(dir)/*.cpp)))
+SFILES		:=	$(foreach dir,$(SOURCES),$(notdir $(wildcard $(dir)/*.s)))
+BINFILES	:=	$(foreach dir,$(DATA),$(notdir $(wildcard $(dir)/*.*)))
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# use CXX for linking C++ projects, CC for standard C
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ifeq ($(strip $(CPPFILES)),)
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+	export LD	:=	$(CC)
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+else
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+	export LD	:=	$(CXX)
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+endif
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+export OFILES	:=	$(addsuffix .o,$(BINFILES)) \
+			$(CPPFILES:.cpp=.o) $(CFILES:.c=.o) $(SFILES:.s=.o)
+
+export INCLUDE	:=	$(foreach dir,$(INCLUDES),-I$(CURDIR)/$(dir)) \
+			$(foreach dir,$(LIBDIRS),-I$(dir)/include) \
+			-I$(CURDIR)/$(BUILD)
+
+.PHONY: $(BUILD) clean all
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+all: $(BUILD)
+
+lib:
+	@[ -d $@ ] || mkdir -p $@
+	
+$(BUILD): lib
+	@[ -d $@ ] || mkdir -p $@
+	@$(MAKE) --no-print-directory -C $(BUILD) -f $(CURDIR)/Makefile
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+clean:
+	@echo clean ...
+	@rm -fr $(BUILD) lib
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+else
+
+DEPENDS	:=	$(OFILES:.o=.d)
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# main targets
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+$(OUTPUT)	:	$(OFILES)
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+%.bin.o	:	%.bin
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+	@echo $(notdir $<)
+	@$(bin2o)
+
+
+-include $(DEPENDS)
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+endif
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/examples/templates/library/README.md b/examples/templates/library/README.md
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+++ b/examples/templates/library/README.md
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+# template
+
+This is a template for starting new 3DS library projects.
diff --git a/examples/templates/library/include/templatelib.h b/examples/templates/library/include/templatelib.h
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+++ b/examples/templates/library/include/templatelib.h
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+#ifndef _templatelib_h_
+#define _templatelib_h_
+
+int myLibFunction();
+
+#endif // _templatelib_h_
diff --git a/examples/templates/library/source/templatelib.c b/examples/templates/library/source/templatelib.c
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index 0000000..570d9e5
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+++ b/examples/templates/library/source/templatelib.c
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+int myLibFunction() {
+
+	
+	return 42;
+
+}