Today's Added Functionality

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This is the summary of today's work on the Gnocl sourcecode.

2013-01:
    gnocl::winfo
        o new subcommand
            exists
    gnocl::notebook
        o new options
            -startWidget
            -endWidget
            -onDestroy
    gnocl::label
        o new option
            -onDestroy

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