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+<inkscape-extension>\r
+ <_name>Replace text...</_name>\r
+ <id>org.inkscape.text.replacetext</id>\r
+ <dependency type="executable" location="extensions">chardataeffect.py</dependency>\r
+ <dependency type="executable" location="extensions">text_replace.py</dependency>\r
+ <param name="from_text" type="string" gui-text="Replace:"></param>
+ <param name="to_text" type="string" gui-text="By:"></param>
+ <effect>\r
+ <object-type>all</object-type>\r
+ <effects-menu>\r
+ <submenu _name="Text"/>\r
+ </effects-menu>\r
+ </effect>\r
+ <script>\r
+ <command reldir="extensions" interpreter="python">text_replace.py</command>\r
+ </script>\r
+</inkscape-extension>
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