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@@ -106,13 +106,20 @@ and you want to analyze them all.
 
 You then can ``cd`` (change directory) to the directory::
 
-    hooke> cd --path c:\curves
+    hooke> cd --path "c:\curves"
 
-Type ``pwd`` (print working directory) to check the directory is correct.::
+Hooke parses it's commandline using `POSIX rules`_, so you need to
+quote arguments with backslashes to keep them from being expanded as
+escape sequences (e.g. ``\t`` → ``TAB``).
+
+Type ``pwd`` (print working directory) to check the directory is
+correct.::
 
     hooke> pwd
     c:\curves
 
+.. _POSIX rules: http://docs.python.org/library/shlex#parsing-rules
+
 You can list the files in the directory using ``ls`` or ``dir``
 (they’re synonyms).::
 
@@ -200,6 +207,12 @@ will jump to the 14th curve in the zero-indexed playlist.
 Replace ``curve`` with ``playlist`` in the above commands to navigate
 around through the list of loaded playlists.
 
+Because the playlist name is usually saved in the playlist file
+itself, there is a ``name_playlist`` command that allows you to rename
+playlists on the fly.
+
+    hooke> name_playlist 'my old playlist'
+
 Taking notes
 ------------
 
@@ -302,9 +315,24 @@ ways.::
     hooke> remove_cantilever_from_extension --block retract
     hooke> flat_peaks_to_polymer_peaks --block retract
     hooke> polymer_fit_peaks --block retract
-    hooke> export_block --block retract --output myblock.dat
+    hooke> block_info --block retract --output data.yaml name 'polymer peak [0-9]*'
+
+This stores the fit parameters in the block's
+:attr:`~hooke.curve.Data.info` dictionary and also appends them to
+:file:`data.yaml` (see each command's `Help`_ for details).  To access
+the parameters, load :file:`data.yaml` with PyYAML_::
+
+    $ python
+    >>> import yaml
+    >>> import hooke.util.yaml
+    >>> data = yaml.load(open('data.yaml', 'r'))
 
-See each command's `Help`_ for details.
+and extract your parameter::
+
+    >>> data['20071120a_i27_t33.100']['retract']['polymer peak 0']['contour length (m)']
+    2.124...e-08
+
+.. _PyYAML: http://pyyaml.org/
 
 Command stacks
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -362,21 +390,10 @@ freely jointed chain fitting`_ and `Command stacks`_.::
     hooke> remove_cantilever_from_extension --block retract
     hooke> flat_peaks_to_polymer_peaks --block retract
     hooke> polymer_fit_peaks --block retract
-    hooke> export_block --block retract --output myblock.dat
+    hooke> block_info --block retract --output data.yaml name 'polymer peak [0-9]*'
     hooke> stop_command_capture
     hooke> apply_command_stack_to_playlist
 
-Fast curve reviewing and saving
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-.. todo:: Update curve review tutorial section.
-
-When automatic routines are not good enough to filter your data, use
-``review`` command to cycle through your playlist presenting ten
-curves in the same graph.  You can then enter the numbers of the
-interesting curves and automatically save a copy of them into another
-directory.
-
 Configuring Hooke
 -----------------