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A brief examples

1. As a search field, use '_—' (space in place of _!), as a replace -- '#160;—'. This will insert non-breaking space before every em-dash.

   Mmm... You may wish even use '<span style="letter-spacing:0.1ex;">#160;</span>—' as a replase to insert narrower non-breaking space... If you love typography too much... And you can make space after dot wider...

2. Search for ':-)' and replace with:

   '<img src="http://www.kolobok.us/smiles/standart/smile3.gif"' . 'alt=":-)" title=":-) (nice smile -- http://www.kolobok.us/smiles/standart/smile3.gif)"' . 'style="vertical-align: middle;" />'

3. Search pattern: YouTube\(([a-zA-Z_0-9\-]*)\)

   Replace pattern:

   '<object width="425" height="344" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/\1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/\1"></param> </object>'

   This will allow you to use markups like YouTube(TMCf7SNUb-Q) to insert Youtube video fragments easily.

4. How to Mass Remove Link (mass deactivate URL Linked text inside posts)? (http://wordpress.org/support/topic/288020)

   Search pattern: <a [^>]*>([^<]*)<\/a>

   Replace pattern: \1

   This will "deactivate" all links in all posts (e.g. replace <a href="...">Try!</a> with just Try!). Note, you can activate them back, deactivating this re.place entry.

5. Want to insert drop caps easily?.. Use '<drop>L</drop>orem ipsum...' in your posts and replace it with <span class="dropcap">\1</span>'. Use angle brackets, and if you (accidentally) deactivate re.place, these "tags" won't mess you page.

6. New --- in v0.1.3 --- [beta-] feature: you can specify different replace patterns for authenticated users and "guests". Sorry, i'll update screenshots and doc ASAP. :-)