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	Mon, 21 Jan 2013 11:03:39 -0800 (PST)
From:	Ben Gamari <bgamari DOT foss AT gmail DOT com>
To:	Peter Clifton <peter DOT clifton AT clifton-electronics DOT co DOT uk>,
	geda-user AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: [geda-user] Git repository for sedrename
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Peter Clifton <peter DOT clifton AT clifton-electronics DOT co DOT uk> writes:

> Cool, thanks!
>
> 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.
>
This is indeed the same use case for which I needed it. It's a
remarkably handy tool for replicating blocks.

> As for why the #if 0 code, I can't remember, sorry. It might have been
> as simple as lack of support for quoting the regex properly in the
> action string. (I can't recall exactly how our action parser handles
> quotes and / or escaping).
>
I see. I'll try playing around with it a bit.

Cheers,

- Ben

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