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 Receipt creation requires at least one receipt template in `/usr/local/share/labcontrol`. The name of the header file should match the pattern `NAMETHEHEADERSHALLHAVE_header.tex` to be recognized.
 
 ## contributors
-* original developer: (https://github.com/markuspg)[Markus Prasser]
-* former contributor: (https://github.com/tobiasweede)[Tobias Weiss]
-* current freebsd fork maintainer: (https://git.floating-in.space/isabell)[Isabell Pflug]
+* original developer: [Markus Prasser](https://github.com/markuspg)
+* former contributor: [Tobias Weiss](https://github.com/tobiasweede)
+* current freebsd fork maintainer: [Isabell Pflug](https://git.floating-in.space/isabell)