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Documentation editionOctober 2026Python API · Lumicron for Mac

Documentation/API reference/PDK authoring/lpdk.open_pdk_authoring_guide

lpdk.open_pdk_authoring_guide

Open the PDK Authoring Guide PDF in the system’s default viewer.

lpdk.open_pdk_authoring_guide() -> pathlib.Path

Documentation edition · 6 October 2026Suggest an improvement ↗

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