Re: [Usability]Re: UI Review Suggestions - Panel

[Malcolm Tredinnick <malcolm commsecure com au>]

On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 03:17:21PM -0800, Patrick Bakker wrote:
> What is the "s/.../.../"-notation supposed to represent? I'm guessing a
> rename and if so, why such an awkward syntax?

You guessed right (although "substitution" is the mnemonic way to
remember it). It's the way to perform substitutions in sed and a few
dozen other tools (editors, languages, ...), so is a fairly well-known
idiom.

Malcolm
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