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+module Data.Lens.Edit.String where
+
+import Data.Lens.Edit.Container
+import Data.Lens.Edit.Primitive
+import Data.Lens.Edit.Product
+import Data.Module.String
+
+copyEmpty :: String -> (Match, Id [Edit], Match)
+copyEmpty s = (Match s, Id, Match s)
+
+copyNonEmpty :: v -> String -> (NewDefaultMatch v, Id (NewDefaultModule v), NewDefaultMatch v)
+copyNonEmpty v s = (NewDefaultMatch s, Id, NewDefaultMatch s)
+
+skipEmpty :: String -> (Match, Disconnect [Edit] [Edit], Match)
+skipEmpty s = (Match s, Disconnect, Match "")
+
+skipNonEmpty :: v -> String -> (NewDefaultMatch v, Disconnect (NewDefaultModule v) [Edit], Match)
+skipNonEmpty v s = (NewDefaultMatch s, Disconnect, Match "")
+
+(#) :: (a, k, b) -> (c, l, d) -> ((a, c), CompactProduct k l, (b, d))
+(#) (a, k, b) (c, l, d) = ((a, c), CompactProduct k l, (b, d))
+
+op :: (a, l, b) -> (b, Op l, a)
+op (a, l, b) = (b, Op l, a)
+
+star :: (a, l, b) -> (Asterisk a, Map Int l, Asterisk b)
+star (a, l, b) = (Asterisk a, Map l, Asterisk b)
diff --git a/Data/Lens/Edit/String.hs b/Data/Lens/Edit/String.hs
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+module Data.Lens.Edit.String where
+
+import Data.Lens.Edit.Container
+import Data.Lens.Edit.Primitive
+import Data.Lens.Edit.Product
+import Data.Module.String
+
+copyEmpty :: String -> (Match, Id [Edit], Match)
+copyEmpty s = (Match s, Id, Match s)
+
+copyNonEmpty :: v -> String -> (NewDefaultMatch v, Id (NewDefaultModule v), NewDefaultMatch v)
+copyNonEmpty v s = (NewDefaultMatch s, Id, NewDefaultMatch s)
+
+skipEmpty :: String -> (Match, Disconnect [Edit] [Edit], Match)
+skipEmpty s = (Match s, Disconnect, Match "")
+
+skipNonEmpty :: v -> String -> (NewDefaultMatch v, Disconnect (NewDefaultModule v) [Edit], Match)
+skipNonEmpty v s = (NewDefaultMatch s, Disconnect, Match "")
+
+(#) :: (a, k, b) -> (c, l, d) -> ((a, c), CompactProduct k l, (b, d))
+(#) (a, k, b) (c, l, d) = ((a, c), CompactProduct k l, (b, d))
+
+op :: (a, l, b) -> (b, Op l, a)
+op (a, l, b) = (b, Op l, a)
+
+star :: (a, l, b) -> (Asterisk a, Map Int l, Asterisk b)
+star (a, l, b) = (Asterisk a, Map l, Asterisk b)
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+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts, FlexibleInstances, GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving, ScopedTypeVariables, TypeFamilies #-}
+module Data.Module.String where
+
+import Control.Arrow
+import Control.Monad
+import Data.Algorithm.Diff
+import Data.Default
+import Data.List
+import Data.Maybe
+import Data.Module.Class
+import Data.Module.Container (ContainerAtom)
+import Data.Module.Product
+import Data.Module.Shape
+import Data.Monoid
+import Text.Regex.PCRE
+import qualified Data.Map as M
+import qualified Data.Module.Container as C
+
+class Module (M m) => StringModule m where
+	type M m
+	valid  :: m -> String -- returns a regex telling what strings are valid
+	parse  :: m -> String -> Maybe (V (M m))
+	pprint :: m -> V (M m) -> String
+	edit   :: m -> V (M m) -> [Edit] -> M m
+
+data Edit = Insert Int String | Delete Int Int deriving (Show, Read)
+
+instance PartialEdit Edit where
+	type V_0 Edit = String
+	apply_0 (Insert n s') s = Just (take n s ++ s' ++ drop n s)
+	apply_0 (Delete n n') s = Just (take n s ++ drop n' s)
+
+newtype Match = Match String deriving (Eq, Ord, Show, Read)
+maybeMatch re s = guard (s =~ re == (0 :: Int, length s)) >> return s
+instance StringModule Match where
+	type M Match = [Edit]
+	valid (Match re) = re
+	parse  = maybeMatch . valid
+	pprint = const id
+	edit   = const (const id)
+
+instance (StringModule dX, StringModule dY) => StringModule (dX, dY) where
+	type M (dX, dY) = (M dX, M dY)
+	valid (mx, my) = valid mx ++ valid my
+	parse (mx, my) s = do
+		let (m , n ) =        s =~ valid mx
+		    (m', n') = drop n s =~ valid my
+		guard ([m, m', n + n'] == [0, 0, length s])
+		vx <- parse mx (take n s)
+		vy <- parse my (drop n s)
+		return (vx, vy)
+	pprint (mx, my) (vx, vy) = pprint mx vx ++ pprint my vy
+	edit = editProd
+
+editProd (mx, my) (vx, vy) es = edit mx vx *** edit my vy $ case splitMap of
+	Nothing -> (replace sx sx', replace sy sy')
+	Just ms -> (exs, eys)
+	where
+	die = error "The impossible happened! A [Edit] didn't successfully apply to a String in editProd."
+	sx  = pprint mx vx
+	sy  = pprint my vy
+	sn  = fromMaybe die (apply es (sx ++ sy))
+	oldSplit     = length sx
+	newSplit     = snd (sn =~ valid mx :: (Int, Int))
+	(sx', sy')   = splitAt newSplit sn
+	easySplits   = trackEdits [oldSplit] es
+	splitMap     = M.lookup newSplit easySplits
+	-- this is dangerous, only use the variables it binds when splitMap is definitely a Just!
+	(exs, eys)   = splitEdits (fromJust splitMap) oldSplit es
+	replace s s' = [Insert 0 s', Delete 0 (length s)]
+
+trackEdit :: Edit -> (Int, M.Map Int (M.Map Int Int)) -> (Int, M.Map Int (M.Map Int Int))
+trackEdit (Insert n s) (i, m) = (i + 1, m') where
+	(smaller, larger') = M.split n m
+	len    = length s
+	larger = M.mapKeysMonotonic (+ len) larger'
+	exact  = case M.lookup n m of
+		Nothing -> M.empty
+		Just im -> M.fromList [(n + i', M.insert i i' im) | i' <- [0 .. len]]
+	m'     = smaller `M.union` larger `M.union` exact
+trackEdit (Delete n n') (i, m)
+	| n >  n' = trackEdit (Delete n' n) (i, m)
+	| n == n' = (i + 1, m)
+	| n <  n' = (i + 1, m') where
+	(smaller, notSmaller) = M.split (n +1) m
+	(deleted, larger')    = M.split (n'-1) notSmaller
+	len    = n' - n
+	larger = M.mapKeysMonotonic (subtract len) larger'
+	m'     = smaller `M.union` larger
+	-- NOTE: this arbitrarily prefers the edits on the left-hand side of the
+	-- deletion boundary over the edits on the right-hand side of the deletion
+	-- boundary when a chunk boundary happens to fall on a position that
+	-- matches the deletion boundary
+
+-- input: the locations of chunk boundaries, plus some edits
+-- returns:
+--   The inner Map Int Int tells, for each index into the edits, whether to split the resulting edit and where.
+--   The outer Map tells, for each position, if a chunk boundary ends up landing there, how to split the edits.
+trackEdits :: [Int] -> [Edit] -> M.Map Int (M.Map Int Int)
+trackEdits boundaries = snd . foldr trackEdit (0, M.fromList (zip boundaries (repeat M.empty)))
+
+splitEdits :: M.Map Int Int -> Int -> [Edit] -> ([Edit], [Edit])
+splitEdits m split = snd . foldr splitEdit ((0, split), ([], [])) where
+	splitEdit :: Edit -> ((Int, Int), ([Edit], [Edit])) -> ((Int, Int), ([Edit], [Edit]))
+	splitEdit e@(Delete n n') ((i, split), (els, ers))
+		| n > n' = splitEdit (Delete n' n) ((i, split), (els, ers))
+		| n' <= split = ((i+1, split-n'+n), (e:els, ers))
+		| n  >= split = ((i+1, split), (els, Delete (n-split) (n'-split) : ers))
+		| otherwise   = error "The impossible happened! A deletion crossed a chunk boundary."
+		--  | otherwise   = ((i+1, n), (Delete n split : els, Delete 0 (n'-split) : ers))
+	splitEdit e@(Insert n s) ((i, split), (els, ers)) = case M.lookup i m of
+		Nothing
+			| n < split -> ((i+1, split+length s), (e:els, ers))
+			| n > split -> ((i+1, split), (els, Insert (n-split) s : ers))
+			| otherwise -> error "The impossible happened! An insertion crossed a chunk boundary without being in the splitting map."
+		Just n' -> ((i+1, split+n'), (consInsert n (take n' s) els, consInsert 0 (drop n' s) ers))
+	consInsert n "" es = es
+	consInsert n s  es = Insert n s : es
+
+data Asterisk m = Asterisk m
+instance StringModule m => StringModule (Asterisk m) where
+	type M (Asterisk m) = [ContainerAtom Int (M m)]
+	valid  (Asterisk m) = "(" ++ valid m ++ ")*"
+	pprint (Asterisk m) = containerToList >=> pprint m
+	edit   (Asterisk m) = editList m . containerToList
+	parse  (Asterisk m) = liftM listToContainer . parseList m
+
+parseList m = splitList (valid m) >=> mapM (parse m)
+splitList re "" = return []
+splitList re s  = do
+	-- pattern match failure means the regex didn't match at the beginning,
+	-- and results in a failed parse overall
+	("", sMatch, rest) <- return (s =~ re)
+	liftM (sMatch:) (splitList re rest)
+
+-- Heuristic: if we can track where *all* the old splits went, then go ahead
+-- and do that. Nice! Otherwise, use diff to compare the entire old list with
+-- the entire new list.
+--
+-- There's a lot of room for improvement: we could take the regions between
+-- successfully tracked splits and the regions with unsuccessfully tracked
+-- splits and run the diff only on the unsuccessful regions, for example.
+-- Additionally, note that when we are tracking splits, we assume that no
+-- splits are inserted or deleted. A more sophisticated heuristic might try to
+-- relax this assumption somehow (though the only way I could think of to relax
+-- it would result in an exponential-time algorithm).
+
+editList m vs es = fromMaybe diffy exact where
+	exact = editListExact m vs oldss newss es 0
+	diffy = editListDiff  m    oldss newss
+	oldss = map (pprint m) vs
+	newss = fromJust (splitList (valid m) =<< apply es (concat oldss)) :: [String]
+
+editListExact m (v:vs) (olds:oldss) (news:newss) es i = case splitMap of
+	Nothing -> Nothing
+	Just ms -> liftM (C.Modify i (edit m v e) :) (editListExact m vs oldss newss erest (i+1))
+	where
+	oldSplit     = length olds
+	newSplit     = length news
+	easySplits   = trackEdits [oldSplit] es
+	splitMap     = M.lookup newSplit easySplits
+	-- this is dangerous, only use the variables it binds when splitMap is definitely a Just!
+	(e, erest)   = splitEdits (fromJust splitMap) oldSplit es
+editListExact m [] [] [] [] i = Just []
+editListExact _ _  _  _  _  _ = Nothing
+
+editListDiff m oldss newss = result where
+	diff = getDiff oldss newss
+	tags = map fst diff
+	count place        = length . filter (==place) $ tags
+	match place B      = [True]
+	match place place' = [False | place == place']
+	reordered place    = map fst . uncurry (++) . partition snd . zip [0..] $ (tags >>= match place)
+	create s = edit m def [Insert 0 s, Delete 0 . length . pprint m $ def]
+	result
+		= C.Rearrange (Sum 0) (\_ i -> fromJust (findIndex (==i) (reordered S)))
+		: zipWith C.Modify [count B .. count B + count S - 1] [create news | (S, news) <- diff] ++
+		[ C.Insert . Sum          . count $ S
+		, C.Delete . Sum . negate . count $ F
+		, C.Rearrange (Sum 0) (\_ i -> reordered F !! i)
+		]
+
+-- a few utilities for defining string modules whose default value is not ""
+newtype NewDefault v = NewDefault String deriving (Eq, Ord)
+instance Show (NewDefault v) where show (NewDefault s) = show s
+instance Read (NewDefault v) where readsPrec n s = map (first NewDefault) (readsPrec n s)
+instance (Default v, Show v) => Default (NewDefault v) where def = NewDefault (show (def :: v))
+newtype NewDefaultModule v = NewDefaultModule [Edit] deriving (Show, Read, Monoid)
+instance (Default v, Show v) => Module (NewDefaultModule v) where
+	type V (NewDefaultModule v) = NewDefault v
+	apply (NewDefaultModule es) (NewDefault v) = liftM NewDefault (apply es v)
+newtype NewDefaultMatch v = NewDefaultMatch String deriving (Eq, Ord, Show, Read)
+
+instance (Default v, Show v) => StringModule (NewDefaultMatch v) where
+	type M (NewDefaultMatch v) = NewDefaultModule v
+	valid (NewDefaultMatch re) = re
+	parse  m                   = liftM NewDefault . maybeMatch (valid m)
+	pprint m (NewDefault s)    = s
+	edit                       = const (const NewDefaultModule)
diff --git a/Data/Module/String.hs b/Data/Module/String.hs
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+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts, FlexibleInstances, GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving, ScopedTypeVariables, TypeFamilies #-}
+module Data.Module.String where
+
+import Control.Arrow
+import Control.Monad
+import Data.Algorithm.Diff
+import Data.Default
+import Data.List
+import Data.Maybe
+import Data.Module.Class
+import Data.Module.Container (ContainerAtom)
+import Data.Module.Product
+import Data.Module.Shape
+import Data.Monoid
+import Text.Regex.PCRE
+import qualified Data.Map as M
+import qualified Data.Module.Container as C
+
+class Module (M m) => StringModule m where
+	type M m
+	valid  :: m -> String -- returns a regex telling what strings are valid
+	parse  :: m -> String -> Maybe (V (M m))
+	pprint :: m -> V (M m) -> String
+	edit   :: m -> V (M m) -> [Edit] -> M m
+
+data Edit = Insert Int String | Delete Int Int deriving (Show, Read)
+
+instance PartialEdit Edit where
+	type V_0 Edit = String
+	apply_0 (Insert n s') s = Just (take n s ++ s' ++ drop n s)
+	apply_0 (Delete n n') s = Just (take n s ++ drop n' s)
+
+newtype Match = Match String deriving (Eq, Ord, Show, Read)
+maybeMatch re s = guard (s =~ re == (0 :: Int, length s)) >> return s
+instance StringModule Match where
+	type M Match = [Edit]
+	valid (Match re) = re
+	parse  = maybeMatch . valid
+	pprint = const id
+	edit   = const (const id)
+
+instance (StringModule dX, StringModule dY) => StringModule (dX, dY) where
+	type M (dX, dY) = (M dX, M dY)
+	valid (mx, my) = valid mx ++ valid my
+	parse (mx, my) s = do
+		let (m , n ) =        s =~ valid mx
+		    (m', n') = drop n s =~ valid my
+		guard ([m, m', n + n'] == [0, 0, length s])
+		vx <- parse mx (take n s)
+		vy <- parse my (drop n s)
+		return (vx, vy)
+	pprint (mx, my) (vx, vy) = pprint mx vx ++ pprint my vy
+	edit = editProd
+
+editProd (mx, my) (vx, vy) es = edit mx vx *** edit my vy $ case splitMap of
+	Nothing -> (replace sx sx', replace sy sy')
+	Just ms -> (exs, eys)
+	where
+	die = error "The impossible happened! A [Edit] didn't successfully apply to a String in editProd."
+	sx  = pprint mx vx
+	sy  = pprint my vy
+	sn  = fromMaybe die (apply es (sx ++ sy))
+	oldSplit     = length sx
+	newSplit     = snd (sn =~ valid mx :: (Int, Int))
+	(sx', sy')   = splitAt newSplit sn
+	easySplits   = trackEdits [oldSplit] es
+	splitMap     = M.lookup newSplit easySplits
+	-- this is dangerous, only use the variables it binds when splitMap is definitely a Just!
+	(exs, eys)   = splitEdits (fromJust splitMap) oldSplit es
+	replace s s' = [Insert 0 s', Delete 0 (length s)]
+
+trackEdit :: Edit -> (Int, M.Map Int (M.Map Int Int)) -> (Int, M.Map Int (M.Map Int Int))
+trackEdit (Insert n s) (i, m) = (i + 1, m') where
+	(smaller, larger') = M.split n m
+	len    = length s
+	larger = M.mapKeysMonotonic (+ len) larger'
+	exact  = case M.lookup n m of
+		Nothing -> M.empty
+		Just im -> M.fromList [(n + i', M.insert i i' im) | i' <- [0 .. len]]
+	m'     = smaller `M.union` larger `M.union` exact
+trackEdit (Delete n n') (i, m)
+	| n >  n' = trackEdit (Delete n' n) (i, m)
+	| n == n' = (i + 1, m)
+	| n <  n' = (i + 1, m') where
+	(smaller, notSmaller) = M.split (n +1) m
+	(deleted, larger')    = M.split (n'-1) notSmaller
+	len    = n' - n
+	larger = M.mapKeysMonotonic (subtract len) larger'
+	m'     = smaller `M.union` larger
+	-- NOTE: this arbitrarily prefers the edits on the left-hand side of the
+	-- deletion boundary over the edits on the right-hand side of the deletion
+	-- boundary when a chunk boundary happens to fall on a position that
+	-- matches the deletion boundary
+
+-- input: the locations of chunk boundaries, plus some edits
+-- returns:
+--   The inner Map Int Int tells, for each index into the edits, whether to split the resulting edit and where.
+--   The outer Map tells, for each position, if a chunk boundary ends up landing there, how to split the edits.
+trackEdits :: [Int] -> [Edit] -> M.Map Int (M.Map Int Int)
+trackEdits boundaries = snd . foldr trackEdit (0, M.fromList (zip boundaries (repeat M.empty)))
+
+splitEdits :: M.Map Int Int -> Int -> [Edit] -> ([Edit], [Edit])
+splitEdits m split = snd . foldr splitEdit ((0, split), ([], [])) where
+	splitEdit :: Edit -> ((Int, Int), ([Edit], [Edit])) -> ((Int, Int), ([Edit], [Edit]))
+	splitEdit e@(Delete n n') ((i, split), (els, ers))
+		| n > n' = splitEdit (Delete n' n) ((i, split), (els, ers))
+		| n' <= split = ((i+1, split-n'+n), (e:els, ers))
+		| n  >= split = ((i+1, split), (els, Delete (n-split) (n'-split) : ers))
+		| otherwise   = error "The impossible happened! A deletion crossed a chunk boundary."
+		--  | otherwise   = ((i+1, n), (Delete n split : els, Delete 0 (n'-split) : ers))
+	splitEdit e@(Insert n s) ((i, split), (els, ers)) = case M.lookup i m of
+		Nothing
+			| n < split -> ((i+1, split+length s), (e:els, ers))
+			| n > split -> ((i+1, split), (els, Insert (n-split) s : ers))
+			| otherwise -> error "The impossible happened! An insertion crossed a chunk boundary without being in the splitting map."
+		Just n' -> ((i+1, split+n'), (consInsert n (take n' s) els, consInsert 0 (drop n' s) ers))
+	consInsert n "" es = es
+	consInsert n s  es = Insert n s : es
+
+data Asterisk m = Asterisk m
+instance StringModule m => StringModule (Asterisk m) where
+	type M (Asterisk m) = [ContainerAtom Int (M m)]
+	valid  (Asterisk m) = "(" ++ valid m ++ ")*"
+	pprint (Asterisk m) = containerToList >=> pprint m
+	edit   (Asterisk m) = editList m . containerToList
+	parse  (Asterisk m) = liftM listToContainer . parseList m
+
+parseList m = splitList (valid m) >=> mapM (parse m)
+splitList re "" = return []
+splitList re s  = do
+	-- pattern match failure means the regex didn't match at the beginning,
+	-- and results in a failed parse overall
+	("", sMatch, rest) <- return (s =~ re)
+	liftM (sMatch:) (splitList re rest)
+
+-- Heuristic: if we can track where *all* the old splits went, then go ahead
+-- and do that. Nice! Otherwise, use diff to compare the entire old list with
+-- the entire new list.
+--
+-- There's a lot of room for improvement: we could take the regions between
+-- successfully tracked splits and the regions with unsuccessfully tracked
+-- splits and run the diff only on the unsuccessful regions, for example.
+-- Additionally, note that when we are tracking splits, we assume that no
+-- splits are inserted or deleted. A more sophisticated heuristic might try to
+-- relax this assumption somehow (though the only way I could think of to relax
+-- it would result in an exponential-time algorithm).
+
+editList m vs es = fromMaybe diffy exact where
+	exact = editListExact m vs oldss newss es 0
+	diffy = editListDiff  m    oldss newss
+	oldss = map (pprint m) vs
+	newss = fromJust (splitList (valid m) =<< apply es (concat oldss)) :: [String]
+
+editListExact m (v:vs) (olds:oldss) (news:newss) es i = case splitMap of
+	Nothing -> Nothing
+	Just ms -> liftM (C.Modify i (edit m v e) :) (editListExact m vs oldss newss erest (i+1))
+	where
+	oldSplit     = length olds
+	newSplit     = length news
+	easySplits   = trackEdits [oldSplit] es
+	splitMap     = M.lookup newSplit easySplits
+	-- this is dangerous, only use the variables it binds when splitMap is definitely a Just!
+	(e, erest)   = splitEdits (fromJust splitMap) oldSplit es
+editListExact m [] [] [] [] i = Just []
+editListExact _ _  _  _  _  _ = Nothing
+
+editListDiff m oldss newss = result where
+	diff = getDiff oldss newss
+	tags = map fst diff
+	count place        = length . filter (==place) $ tags
+	match place B      = [True]
+	match place place' = [False | place == place']
+	reordered place    = map fst . uncurry (++) . partition snd . zip [0..] $ (tags >>= match place)
+	create s = edit m def [Insert 0 s, Delete 0 . length . pprint m $ def]
+	result
+		= C.Rearrange (Sum 0) (\_ i -> fromJust (findIndex (==i) (reordered S)))
+		: zipWith C.Modify [count B .. count B + count S - 1] [create news | (S, news) <- diff] ++
+		[ C.Insert . Sum          . count $ S
+		, C.Delete . Sum . negate . count $ F
+		, C.Rearrange (Sum 0) (\_ i -> reordered F !! i)
+		]
+
+-- a few utilities for defining string modules whose default value is not ""
+newtype NewDefault v = NewDefault String deriving (Eq, Ord)
+instance Show (NewDefault v) where show (NewDefault s) = show s
+instance Read (NewDefault v) where readsPrec n s = map (first NewDefault) (readsPrec n s)
+instance (Default v, Show v) => Default (NewDefault v) where def = NewDefault (show (def :: v))
+newtype NewDefaultModule v = NewDefaultModule [Edit] deriving (Show, Read, Monoid)
+instance (Default v, Show v) => Module (NewDefaultModule v) where
+	type V (NewDefaultModule v) = NewDefault v
+	apply (NewDefaultModule es) (NewDefault v) = liftM NewDefault (apply es v)
+newtype NewDefaultMatch v = NewDefaultMatch String deriving (Eq, Ord, Show, Read)
+
+instance (Default v, Show v) => StringModule (NewDefaultMatch v) where
+	type M (NewDefaultMatch v) = NewDefaultModule v
+	valid (NewDefaultMatch re) = re
+	parse  m                   = liftM NewDefault . maybeMatch (valid m)
+	pprint m (NewDefault s)    = s
+	edit                       = const (const NewDefaultModule)
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+Copyright (c)2011, Daniel Wagner
+
+All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
+    * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+
+    * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+      copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
+      disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided
+      with the distribution.
+
+    * Neither the name of Daniel Wagner nor the names of other
+      contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
+      from this software without specific prior written permission.
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+"AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/Setup.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/edit-lenses-demo.cabal b/edit-lenses-demo.cabal
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/edit-lenses-demo.cabal
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+name:                edit-lenses-demo
+version:             0.1
+synopsis:            Programs demoing the use of symmetric, stateful edit lenses
+Description:         Some simple demo programs showing ways to use the edit-lenses package.
+-- Homepage:            http://dmwit.com/edit-lenses
+license:             BSD3
+license-file:        LICENSE
+author:              Daniel Wagner
+maintainer:          daniel@wagner-home.com
+category:            Data
+build-type:          Simple
+cabal-version:       >=1.8
+
+flag gtk
+    description: Build demos that require a GUI.
+    default: False
+
+executable lens-editor
+  if flag(gtk)
+    build-depends:
+      base >= 3.0 && < 5,
+      containers >= 0.4,
+      data-default >= 0.3,
+      Diff >= 0.1,
+      edit-lenses >= 0.2,
+      gtk >= 0.12,
+      regex-pcre >= 0.94
+    extensions: GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving
+    other-modules: Data.Lens.Edit.String Data.Module.String
+    main-is: lens-editor.hs
+  else
+    build-depends: base >= 3.0 && < 5
+    main-is: no-gtk.hs
diff --git a/lens-editor.hs b/lens-editor.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lens-editor.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving #-}
+
+import Control.Concurrent
+import Control.Monad
+import Data.IORef
+import Data.Lens.Edit
+import Data.Lens.Edit.Stateful
+import Data.Lens.Edit.String
+import Data.Maybe
+import Data.Module hiding (Delete, Insert)
+import Data.Module.String
+import Graphics.UI.Gtk
+
+newtype DATE      = DATE      () deriving Default
+newtype COUNTRY   = COUNTRY   () deriving Default
+newtype COMMA     = COMMA     () deriving Default
+newtype SEMICOLON = SEMICOLON () deriving Default
+newtype NEWLINE   = NEWLINE   () deriving Default
+
+instance Show DATE      where show DATE      {} = "0000"
+instance Show COUNTRY   where show COUNTRY   {} = "Unknown"
+instance Show COMMA     where show COMMA     {} = ","
+instance Show SEMICOLON where show SEMICOLON {} = ";"
+instance Show NEWLINE   where show NEWLINE   {} = "\n"
+
+commaToSemicolon = skipNonEmpty COMMA {} "," # op (skipNonEmpty SEMICOLON {} ";")
+composerName     = copyEmpty "[^,;\n]*"
+composerYear     = skipNonEmpty DATE {} "\\d\\d\\d\\d"
+composerCountry  = op (skipNonEmpty COUNTRY {} "[A-Z][^\n]*")
+newline          = copyNonEmpty NEWLINE {} "\n"
+(leftM, lens, rightM) = star (composerName # commaToSemicolon # composerYear # composerCountry # newline)
+
+initView string = do
+	buffer <- textBufferNew Nothing
+	view   <- textViewNewWithBuffer buffer
+	good   <- newIORef (def, [])
+	del    <- newIORef (Delete 0 0)
+	sigm   <- newEmptyMVar
+	font   <- fontDescriptionNew
+	fontDescriptionSetSize font 48
+	widgetModifyFont view (Just font)
+	readIORef good >>= textBufferInsertAtCursor buffer . pprint string . fst
+	return (buffer, view, good, del, sigm)
+
+changeEvent cref sigm this that goodThis goodThat dput stringThis stringThat e = do
+	c             <- readIORef cref
+	(oldThis, es) <- readIORef goodThis
+	(oldThat, _ ) <- readIORef goodThat
+	newThisS      <- get this textBufferText
+	sigs          <- readMVar sigm
+	mapM_ signalBlock sigs
+	case parse stringThis newThisS of
+		Nothing      -> writeIORef goodThis (oldThis, e:es)
+		Just newThis -> do
+			let eThis        = edit stringThis oldThis (e:es)
+			    (eThat, c')  = dput lens (edit stringThis oldThis (e:es), c)
+			    Just newThat = apply eThat oldThat
+			putStrLn $ "Edit received: " ++ show eThis
+			putStrLn $ "Lens computes: " ++ show eThat
+			writeIORef cref c'
+			writeIORef goodThis (newThis, [])
+			writeIORef goodThat (newThat, [])
+			set that [ textBufferText := pprint stringThat newThat ]
+	mapM_ signalUnblock sigs
+
+changeEventL cref (buf1, _, good1, _, _) (buf2, _, good2, _, sigm2)
+	= changeEvent cref sigm2 buf1 buf2 good1 good2 dputr leftM rightM
+changeEventR cref (buf1, _, good1, _, sigm1) (buf2, _, good2, _, _)
+	= changeEvent cref sigm1 buf2 buf1 good2 good1 dputl rightM leftM
+
+insertEdit p s  = get p textIterOffset >>= \n -> return (Insert (n - length s) s)
+deleteEdit p p' = liftM2 Delete (get p textIterOffset) (get p' textIterOffset)
+
+main = do
+	initGUI
+	window <- windowNew
+	hbox   <- hBoxNew False 2
+	cref   <- newIORef (missing lens)
+	v1@(buf1, view1, good1, del1, sigm1) <- initView leftM
+	v2@(buf2, view2, good2, del2, sigm2) <- initView rightM
+
+	window `on` objectDestroy $ mainQuit
+	sig1i <- buf1 `after` bufferInsertText $ \p s  -> insertEdit p s  >>= changeEventL cref v1 v2
+	sig1w <- buf1 `on`    deleteRange      $ \p p' -> deleteEdit p p' >>= writeIORef del1
+	sig1r <- buf1 `after` deleteRange      $ \p p' -> readIORef  del1 >>= changeEventL cref v1 v2
+	sig2i <- buf2 `after` bufferInsertText $ \p s  -> insertEdit p s  >>= changeEventR cref v1 v2
+	sig2w <- buf2 `on`    deleteRange      $ \p p' -> deleteEdit p p' >>= writeIORef del2
+	sig2r <- buf2 `after` deleteRange      $ \p p' -> readIORef  del2 >>= changeEventR cref v1 v2
+	putMVar sigm1 [sig1i, sig1w, sig1r]
+	putMVar sigm2 [sig2i, sig2w, sig2r]
+
+	set window [ containerChild      := hbox
+	           , windowDefaultWidth  := 600
+	           , windowDefaultHeight := 200
+	           ]
+	set hbox   [ containerChild      := view1
+	           , containerChild      := view2
+	           ]
+
+	widgetShowAll window
+	mainGUI
diff --git a/no-gtk.hs b/no-gtk.hs
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/no-gtk.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,1 @@
+main = putStrLn "This executable was disabled at compile time to avoid a dependency on Gtk+. To\nenable, add \"--flags=gtk\" to cabal's configure or install command."
