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pcb-rnd - the [oldplugins]

In this effort I imported a set of old PCB plugins to be core plugins of pcb-rnd. This will make it easier to keep them up to date, to defeat the bitrot effect. The feature plugins that got imported so far:

autocrop
boardflip
distalign
distaligntext
jostle - doesn't work properly
polycombine
polystich - segfaults
teardrops
renumberblock - as part of the renumber plugin
smaprtdisperse

The import/export plugins imported over the default set of the last official mainline release:

import_dsn - specctra importer - compiles, parser needs a full rewrite, it tries to read an s-expression line by line with fgets()
export_dsn - specctra exporter - compiles, produces valid-looking output - need tester to validate the output
export_bboard - breadboard exporter - compiles, produces valid-looking output - need tester
export_dxf - mechanical cad export - compiles, missing header data renders exported files unusable
export_ipcd356 - electrical test output - compiles, produces valid-looking output - need tester
export_openscad - 3d modeling - compiles, output sort of works, models not yet imported, need tester

Plugins that won't be imported:

findelement - [query] takes care of that
findrat - [query] will take care of that
join-found - not clear what it would do
lockelements - [query] can select elements then SetFlag() should be able to lock them
sedrename - [query] will take care of that
upth2pth - [query] will take care of that
ratsel - written in C++
stipple - written in C++

save/load and compatibility

Not affected.

plans

Any interesting plugin is subject to be imported.