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+---
+stuff: value
+---
+
+# Welcome to MkDocs
+
+<!-- [Interact](#){ .md-button .small-button #activate-interactivity }
+ -->
+
+
+```python
+print(1+1)
+```
+
+```python
+import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+
+plt.scatter([1, 2, 3], [1, 2, 3])
+```
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+site_name: My Docs
+plugins:
+  - mkdocs-thebe:
+      baseUrl: http://localhost:5001
+theme:
+  name: material
+  features:
+    - content.code.copy
+
+markdown_extensions:
+  - pymdownx.highlight:
+      anchor_linenums: true
+      line_spans: __span
+      pygments_lang_class: true
+  - pymdownx.inlinehilite
+  - pymdownx.snippets
+  - pymdownx.superfences
+
+  # needed to enable the button that triggers the code execution
+  - attr_list
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