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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="http://joeyh.name/"
+ ip="209.250.56.114"
+ subject="comment 3"
+ date="2014-04-27T00:05:58Z"
+ content="""
+I don't see a single thing that direct mode makes harder in this situation. Every command in the linked tip will work in direct mode AFAICS.
+"""]]