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+# Emscripten Rust/C Template
+
+This is a template for an emscripten project with a "Rust backend".
+
+## Setting up
+
+(Note that this has only been tested in a Linux environment.)
+
+1. Clone `https://github.com/emscripten-core/emsdk` to `${HOME}/git/emsdk`.
+2. Set up `emsdk` with `${HOME}/git/emsdk/emsdk install latest` and
+`${HOME}/git/emsdk/emsdk activate latest`.
+3. Set up `rustup`.
+4. Get the `wasm32-unknown-emscripten` target with
+`rustup add wasm32-unknown-emscripten`.
+
+## Build
+
+Just run `make` in the root of this project.