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% TikZ library for the tikzlings package
% A package to bring cute little animals and other beings into tikz
% Maintained by samcarter
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% Project repository and bug tracker:
% https://github.com/samcarter/tikzlings
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% Released under the LaTeX Project Public License v1.3c or later
% See http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt
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\usepackage{tikzlings}

\ExplSyntaxOn

\clist_map_inline:Nn \g__tikzlings_names_clist
  {
    \tikzset
      {
        % Create a csname in the argument but don't expand it now
        #1/.pic/.expanded = { \exp_not:c {#1} },
        #1/.search~also = { , /tikz, /pgf, /thing },
      }
  }

\ExplSyntaxOff

\tikzset{
  tikzling/.pic={\tikzling},
  tikzling/.search also={,/tikz,/pgf,/thing},  
  thing/.search also={,/tikz,/pgf},  
}