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From: Kai-Martin Knaak <kmk AT familieknaak DOT de>
Subject: Re: [geda-user] Git repository for sedrename
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 01:28:12 +0100
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Peter Clifton wrote:

> I tend to write those little bits of code as and when I need
> something slightly esoteric, and in this case, I think it was for a
> hierarchical design I was working on renaming some parts of.

The purpose is not esoteric at all. Hierarchical designs with the 
ability to use subsheets several times, is one of the features that 
put geda in front. Last year I did a project with massive amounts of 
reused sub sheets -- 30 times a module with about 40 components, 9 
times a module with about 20 components and 2 times a module with 
about 60 components. All in one layout. So I reinvented the wheel of 
remnaming components in my own humble way with bash scripting.

IMHO, geda should by default provide a means to do this kind of 
advanced layout tricks.

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Kai-Martin Knaak