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Subject: Re: [geda-help] Adding new gschem symbols?
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Comments: In-reply-to John Doty <jpd AT noqsi DOT com>
   message dated "Tue, 16 Oct 2012 12:14:18 -0600."
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Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 23:08:44 +0200 (CEST)
From: karl AT aspodata DOT se (Karl Hammar)
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John Doty:
> On Oct 16, 2012, at 2:11 AM, Karl Hammar wrote:
...
> Well, when I use gEDA, I do not have promiscuous settings for
> library search. Indeed, for big projects, I've become fond of
> the (reset-component-library) function. This allows me to have
> complete control of the symbols a project uses. The browser then
> only sees symbols in the project's controlled set.

Ok, I understand that and see your point.

> For broader search, I'll use a command line like "locate .sym |
> grep -i diode". That finds just about every diode symbol on the
> entire machine: standard gEDA, gedasymbols, and every gEDA
> project I've worked on (over 10 years!). If I find what I need,
> I can copy to one of the project's symbol directories.

I'd probably do the same if I restricted myself to project local
syms.

...
> The problem with your idea is that it puts restrictions on the tools.
...

The way I see my ideas is to allow optional extra fields in the "C"
line. I don't understand in what way that would put any restrictions
on the tools. Please explain.

Regards,
/Karl Hammar

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