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Expand Up @@ -208,6 +208,10 @@ In this example, after installing your project, a ``spam-cli`` command
will be available. Executing this command will do the equivalent of
``import sys; from spam import main_cli; sys.exit(main_cli())``.

Script entry points must use the ``module:object`` form. The object
reference should point to a function that can be called with no arguments,
not to a module by itself.

On Windows, scripts packaged this way need a terminal, so if you launch
them from within a graphical application, they will make a terminal pop
up. To prevent this from happening, use the ``[project.gui-scripts]``
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