diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs b/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
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+eclipse.preferences.version=1
+encoding//src/tk_viewer.py=utf8
+encoding//src/zcm.py=utf8
+encoding//test/test_zcm.py=utf8