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+let
+  pkgs = import <nixpkgs> {};
+in with pkgs; mkShell {
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    ruby bundler libxml2 nodejs yarn cacert git glibcLocales
+    pandoc (texlive.combine { inherit (texlive) scheme-basic xetex unicode-math enumitem booktabs; })
+  ];
+  shellHook = ''
+    export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+  '';
+}