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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+# Farcical script to remove newlines after
+# \begin{sidebar} in dblatex' .tex output;
+#
+# farcical because I'm sure this can be done
+# in 1 line of sed, and also because I'm sure
+# the whole need for this script could be fixed
+# in the ardour.sty (but I don't know how).
+
+import sys
+import os
+import tempfile
+import shutil
+
+f = open(sys.argv[1])
+t = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(delete = False)
+remove_next = False
+while 1:
+    l = f.readline()
+    if l == '':
+        break
+
+    if not remove_next:
+        print>>t,l,
+
+    remove_next = False
+
+    if l.strip() == '\\begin{sidebar}':
+        remove_next = True
+
+f.close()
+t.close()
+shutil.move(t.name, sys.argv[1])
+