X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to geda-help-bounces using -f X-Recipient: geda-help AT delorie DOT com Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 20:11:21 +0200 From: Bas Gieltjes To: geda-help AT delorie DOT com Subject: Re: [geda-help] Adding new gschem symbols? Message-ID: <20121011201121.19903cd5@Parasomnia.thuis.lan> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.1 (GTK+ 2.24.10; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 11 Oct 2012 18:11:22.0235 (UTC) FILETIME=[D1C09CB0:01CDA7DB] X-RcptDomain: delorie.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id q9BIBQBj022461 Reply-To: geda-help AT delorie DOT com Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: geda-help AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk Hello Alan, > OK, so I'm a newbie. When I copy downloaded symbols into the > directory structure (/usr/local/share/gEDA/sym under OpenBSD) Use a gafrc file in your home directory (~/.gEDA/gafrc) that contains your personal configuration options. If you want to modify project configuration options, then also put a gafrc in the project folder. Put your downloaded symbols in a folder in your home directory or project folder, so you can easily backup those symbols. Using a system folder somewhere under /usr/... is a bad idea. As an example use this in your gafrc: (component-library "~/.gEDA/symbols"). Place the downloaded symbols in the symbol folder. For more details read the wiki page that Stefan mentioned. > is there something else I have to do, maybe analogous to mkfontdir to > regenerate the indexes? When gschem is running and you copy new symbols in your private symbol folders, click on the "reload" button (circular arrows) next to the filter field in the "Select Component..." dialog. > Do names have to be unique or only within directories? Names need to be unique, the schematic does not store folder information only component names. Bas --