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+#!/usr/bin/python
+#
+# Remove selected objects from the document and readd them in the order they
+# were selected.
+
+import sys
+sys.path.append("/usr/share/inkscape/extensions")
+import os
+import inkex
+
+
+class Reorder(inkex.Effect):
+    def get_selected_in_order(self):
+        selected = []
+
+        for i in self.options.ids:
+            path = '//*[@id="%s"]' % i
+            for node in self.document.xpath(path, namespaces=inkex.NSS):
+                selected.append(node)
+
+        return selected
+
+    def effect(self):
+        objects = self.get_selected_in_order()
+
+        for obj in objects[1:]:
+            obj.getparent().remove(obj)
+
+        insert_parent = objects[0].getparent()
+        insert_pos = insert_parent.index(objects[0])
+
+        insert_parent.remove(objects[0])
+
+        insert_parent[insert_pos:insert_pos] = objects
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    e = Reorder()
+    e.affect()