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 # klips
 
-This repository is a collection of code snippets that I reuse, clone, or frequently refer to. This can be cloned as a whole or just viewed / copied as needed, used to lay out templates / automate tasks for larger projects.
+This repository is a collection of code snippets and configurations. These can be cloned or just viewed and copied as needed to lay out templates or automate tasks for larger projects.
 
-The snippets are organized within topic-labeled folders. 'plates' is short-hand for templates, and houses all folders / projects that can be copied and edited / adjusted locally as templates for larger projects.
-
-Other directories could contain configuration files, bash exports, scripts, etc.
+The snippets are organized within topic-labeled folders.
 
diff --git a/plates/cpp-cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
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rename from plates/cpp-cmake/CMakeLists.txt
rename to cpp/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
diff --git a/plates/cpp-cmake/apps/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/cmake/apps/CMakeLists.txt
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rename from plates/cpp-cmake/apps/CMakeLists.txt
rename to cpp/cmake/apps/CMakeLists.txt
diff --git a/plates/cpp-cmake/apps/say-hello.cpp b/cpp/cmake/apps/say-hello.cpp
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rename from plates/cpp-cmake/apps/say-hello.cpp
rename to cpp/cmake/apps/say-hello.cpp
diff --git a/plates/cpp-cmake/include/lib-klips.hpp b/cpp/cmake/include/lib-klips.hpp
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rename from plates/cpp-cmake/include/lib-klips.hpp
rename to cpp/cmake/include/lib-klips.hpp
diff --git a/plates/cpp-cmake/src/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/cmake/src/CMakeLists.txt
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rename from plates/cpp-cmake/src/CMakeLists.txt
rename to cpp/cmake/src/CMakeLists.txt
diff --git a/plates/cpp-cmake/src/lib-klips.cpp b/cpp/cmake/src/lib-klips.cpp
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rename from plates/cpp-cmake/src/lib-klips.cpp
rename to cpp/cmake/src/lib-klips.cpp
diff --git a/plates/circledoublelist/Makefile b/cpp/datastructs/circledoublelist/Makefile
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rename from plates/circledoublelist/Makefile
rename to cpp/datastructs/circledoublelist/Makefile
diff --git a/plates/circledoublelist/circledoublelist.cpp b/cpp/datastructs/circledoublelist/circledoublelist.cpp
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rename from plates/circledoublelist/circledoublelist.cpp
rename to cpp/datastructs/circledoublelist/circledoublelist.cpp
diff --git a/plates/circledoublelist/circledoublelist.h b/cpp/datastructs/circledoublelist/circledoublelist.h
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rename from plates/circledoublelist/circledoublelist.h
rename to cpp/datastructs/circledoublelist/circledoublelist.h
diff --git a/plates/circledoublelist/driver.cpp b/cpp/datastructs/circledoublelist/driver.cpp
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rename from plates/circledoublelist/driver.cpp
rename to cpp/datastructs/circledoublelist/driver.cpp
diff --git a/plates/circlesinglelist/Makefile b/cpp/datastructs/circlesinglelist/Makefile
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rename from plates/circlesinglelist/Makefile
rename to cpp/datastructs/circlesinglelist/Makefile
diff --git a/plates/circlesinglelist/circlesinglelist.cpp b/cpp/datastructs/circlesinglelist/circlesinglelist.cpp
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rename from plates/circlesinglelist/circlesinglelist.cpp
rename to cpp/datastructs/circlesinglelist/circlesinglelist.cpp
diff --git a/plates/circlesinglelist/circlesinglelist.h b/cpp/datastructs/circlesinglelist/circlesinglelist.h
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rename from plates/circlesinglelist/circlesinglelist.h
rename to cpp/datastructs/circlesinglelist/circlesinglelist.h
diff --git a/plates/circlesinglelist/driver.cpp b/cpp/datastructs/circlesinglelist/driver.cpp
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rename from plates/circlesinglelist/driver.cpp
rename to cpp/datastructs/circlesinglelist/driver.cpp
diff --git a/plates/doublelist/Makefile b/cpp/datastructs/doublelist/Makefile
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rename from plates/doublelist/Makefile
rename to cpp/datastructs/doublelist/Makefile
diff --git a/plates/doublelist/doublelist.cpp b/cpp/datastructs/doublelist/doublelist.cpp
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rename from plates/doublelist/doublelist.cpp
rename to cpp/datastructs/doublelist/doublelist.cpp
diff --git a/plates/doublelist/doublelist.h b/cpp/datastructs/doublelist/doublelist.h
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rename from plates/doublelist/doublelist.h
rename to cpp/datastructs/doublelist/doublelist.h
diff --git a/plates/doublelist/driver.cpp b/cpp/datastructs/doublelist/driver.cpp
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rename from plates/doublelist/driver.cpp
rename to cpp/datastructs/doublelist/driver.cpp
diff --git a/plates/singlelist/Makefile b/cpp/datastructs/singlelist/Makefile
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rename from plates/singlelist/Makefile
rename to cpp/datastructs/singlelist/Makefile
diff --git a/plates/singlelist/driver.cpp b/cpp/datastructs/singlelist/driver.cpp
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rename from plates/singlelist/driver.cpp
rename to cpp/datastructs/singlelist/driver.cpp
diff --git a/plates/singlelist/singlelist.cpp b/cpp/datastructs/singlelist/singlelist.cpp
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rename from plates/singlelist/singlelist.cpp
rename to cpp/datastructs/singlelist/singlelist.cpp
diff --git a/plates/singlelist/singlelist.h b/cpp/datastructs/singlelist/singlelist.h
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rename from plates/singlelist/singlelist.h
rename to cpp/datastructs/singlelist/singlelist.h
diff --git a/plates/cpp-opengl/.vscode/launch.json b/cpp/opengl/.vscode/launch.json
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rename from plates/cpp-opengl/.vscode/launch.json
rename to cpp/opengl/.vscode/launch.json
diff --git a/plates/cpp-opengl/.vscode/tasks.json b/cpp/opengl/.vscode/tasks.json
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rename from plates/cpp-opengl/.vscode/tasks.json
rename to cpp/opengl/.vscode/tasks.json
diff --git a/plates/cpp-opengl/test-gl.cpp b/cpp/opengl/test-gl.cpp
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rename from plates/cpp-opengl/test-gl.cpp
rename to cpp/opengl/test-gl.cpp
diff --git a/plates/cpp-sdl-cmake/.vscode/launch.json b/cpp/sdl-cmake/.vscode/launch.json
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rename from plates/cpp-sdl-cmake/.vscode/launch.json
rename to cpp/sdl-cmake/.vscode/launch.json
diff --git a/plates/cpp-sdl-cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/sdl-cmake/CMakeLists.txt
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rename from plates/cpp-sdl-cmake/CMakeLists.txt
rename to cpp/sdl-cmake/CMakeLists.txt
diff --git a/plates/cpp-sdl-cmake/apps/inherited.cpp b/cpp/sdl-cmake/apps/inherited.cpp
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rename from plates/cpp-sdl-cmake/apps/inherited.cpp
rename to cpp/sdl-cmake/apps/inherited.cpp
diff --git a/plates/cpp-sdl-cmake/src/lib-inherit.cpp b/cpp/sdl-cmake/src/lib-inherit.cpp
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rename from plates/cpp-sdl-cmake/src/lib-inherit.cpp
rename to cpp/sdl-cmake/src/lib-inherit.cpp
diff --git a/plates/cpp-sdl-cmake/src/lib-inherit.h b/cpp/sdl-cmake/src/lib-inherit.h
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rename from plates/cpp-sdl-cmake/src/lib-inherit.h
rename to cpp/sdl-cmake/src/lib-inherit.h
diff --git a/plates/cpp-sdl/.vscode/launch.json b/cpp/sdl/.vscode/launch.json
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rename from plates/cpp-sdl/.vscode/launch.json
rename to cpp/sdl/.vscode/launch.json
diff --git a/plates/cpp-sdl/.vscode/tasks.json b/cpp/sdl/.vscode/tasks.json
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rename from plates/cpp-sdl/.vscode/tasks.json
rename to cpp/sdl/.vscode/tasks.json
diff --git a/plates/cpp-sdl/inherited.cpp b/cpp/sdl/inherited.cpp
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rename from plates/cpp-sdl/inherited.cpp
rename to cpp/sdl/inherited.cpp