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commit 9621e74e350005e2a4e8ac4de28fd8a5dd17d4a0
Author: Ales Hvezda <ahvezda@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue Oct 9 19:30:43 2007 -0400
Fixed duplicated link on main tools page and added xgsch2pcb
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commit 9621e74e350005e2a4e8ac4de28fd8a5dd17d4a0
Author: Ales Hvezda <ahvezda@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue Oct 9 19:30:43 2007 -0400
Fixed duplicated link on main tools page and added xgsch2pcb
diff --git a/tools/index.html b/tools/index.html
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<li> <A HREF="./pcb/index.html">PCB</A> : Free software for designing printed circuit board layouts </li><p>
<li> <A HREF="./xgsch2pcb/index.html">xgsch2pcb</A> : A graphical front-end for the gschem -> pcb workflow </li><p>
<li> <A HREF="./gspiceui/index.html">GSpiceUI</A> : GUI frontend to SPICE</li><p>
-<li> <A HREF="./gspiceui/index.html">GSpiceUI</A> : GUI frontend to SPICE</li><p>
-
<li> <A HREF="./vbs/index.html">VBS</A> : Verilog Behavioral Simulator</li><p>
</ul>
diff --git a/tools/xgsch2pcb/README.txt b/tools/xgsch2pcb/README.txt
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+=============================
+xgsch2pcb - a GUI for gsch2pcb
+==============================
+
+
+Introduction
+------------
+
+When designing a printed circuit board (PCB) it's often desirable to
+create a 'schematic' which shows the components to be used and their
+connectivity in an abstract fashion. The connectivity information is
+then used to help when designing the actual circuit board.
+
+``gsch2pcb`` is a command-line tool, part of the gEDA suite, which is used
+to generate and update a PCB layout. It works with schematics created
+by ``gschem``, part of the gEDA suite, and layouts created by ``pcb``, a
+PCB layout system commonly used with gEDA.
+
+``xgsch2pcb`` provides an intuitive, user-friendly graphical interface to
+``gsch2pcb``.
+
+
+Requirements
+------------
+
+``xgsch2pcb`` requires:
+
+ * python >= 2.4
+ * python-gtk2 >= 2.8
+ * python-gobject (if using python-gtk2 >= 2.10)
+ * python-dbus
+ * A recent version of the gEDA suite
+ * A version of ``pcb`` compiled with D-Bus support.
+
+Optionally:
+ * python-gnome2 (For launching the about URL)
+
+Building ``xgsch2pcb`` from source code additionally requires:
+
+ * autoconf >= 2.59
+ * automake
+
+
+Installation
+------------
+
+If you have fetched the sources from the git repository you will need to
+create the necessary autoconf files. To do this, change into the source
+directory and execute the command:
+
+autoreconf
+
+This generates a ./configure script amongst other things, which you can run
+to configure the software.
+
+As long as you have all the dependencies installed:
+
+ ./configure && make install
+
+
+Usage
+-----
+
+ xgsch2pcb [project]
+
+The main window is divided into three main areas:
+
+* The toolbar at the top offers the usual options to quit the
+ program and to load and save project files.
+
+* The left hand 'Schematic' frame shows a list of schematic pages that
+ the PCB layout will be based on. The 'Edit schematic' and 'Edit
+ attributes' buttons respectively launch ``gschem`` and ``gattrib`` to
+ edit the selected schematic page.
+
+* The right hand 'Layout' pane shows the name of the PCB layout file
+ associated with the project. The 'Edit layout' button launches
+ ``pcb`` to edit a file, and will offer to update your PCB layout if
+ necessary. The 'Update layout' button forces an update of the PCB
+ layout even if one isn't strictly necessary.
+
+In order for the update process to work properly, you should never
+launch ``pcb`` to edit your PCB layout except through ``xgsch2pcb``.
+If you are editing the layout without ``xgsch2pcb`` running and then
+wish to edit your layout you should close ``pcb``, launch
+``xgsch2pcb`` and then use the 'Edit layout' button to launch ``pcb``
+again.
+
+The update process will carry out the following actions to modify your
+layout, after launching ``pcb`` if isn't already running:
+
+1. Remove any elements from the layout that are not in the schematic.
+
+2. Find any elements that are in the schematic but not in the layout,
+ and add them to the layout (in the top left corner). N.b. that it's
+ probably a good idea to leave this corner of your layout clear
+ until the layout is more or less finalised, to avoid new elements
+ interfering with elements which have already been placed and
+ routed.
+
+3. Clear your rats and load a new rats nest.
+
+4. Update the component pin names to match the pin names on the
+ schematic symbol.
+
+Note that the update process won't modify your PCB file on disk, and
+will take into account any changes you have made since you last
+saved.
+
diff --git a/tools/xgsch2pcb/index.html b/tools/xgsch2pcb/index.html
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+<html><head><title>xgsch2pcb</title>
+
+
+
+<style type="text/css" media="all" title="Default">
+@IMPORT URL(../../geda.css);
+</style>
+
+<link rel="icon" href="http://geda.seul.org/favicon.ico"; type="image/x-icon">
+<link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://geda.seul.org/favicon.ico"; type="image/x-icon"></head><body>
+
+<div id="nav">
+<img src="../../graphics/navlogo.gif" height="24" width="105">
+
+<ul>
+[
+<li> <a href="http://geda.seul.org/index.html";>Home</a> </li> |
+<li> <a href="http://geda.seul.org/news/index.html";>News</a> </li> |
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+</ul>
+
+<h3>
+<a href="http://geda.seul.org/tools/index.html";>Tools</a> -> xgsch2pcb
+</h3>
+
+</div>
+
+<div id="faq">
+<center>
+<h2>
+xgsch2pcb<br>
+A graphical front-end for the gschem -> pcb workflow
+</h2>
+</center>
+
+<h3>
+<a href="#whatis">What is xgsch2pcb?</a><br>
+<a href="#look">What does it look like?</a><br>
+<a href="#author">Who are the authors of xgsch2pcb?</a><br>
+<a href="#version">What is the current version?</a><br>
+<a href="#download">Where can I download it?</a><br>
+</h3>
+<hr>
+
+<h4>
+<a name="whatis"></a>
+What is xgsch2pcb?
+</h4>
+
+xgsch2pcb provides an intuitive, user-friendly graphical interface to
+the gsch2pcb command-line tool, part of the gEDA suite, which is used
+to generate and update a PCB layout. It works with schematics created
+by gschem, part of the gEDA suite, and layouts created by pcb, a PCB
+layout system commonly used with gEDA.
+
+<br> <p>
+
+</p><h4>
+<a name="look"></a>
+What does it look like?
+</h4>
+
+Here is a <A HREF="xgsch2pcb.png">screenshot</A>
+
+
+</p><h4>
+<a name="author"></a>
+Who are the authors of xgsch2pcb?
+</h4>
+
+Peter Brett and Peter Clifton.<p>
+
+Please direct all questions via the geda <a href="http://geda.seul.org/mailinglist/index.html";>mailing lists</a>
+<br>
+</p><p>
+
+
+</p><h4>
+<a name="version"></a>
+What is the current version?
+</h4>
+
+0.1.0
+<br>
+<p>
+
+
+</p><h4>
+<a name="download"></a>
+Where can I download it?
+</h4>
+
+<a href="http://geda.seul.org/download.html";>gEDA's download page</a>
+</div>
+
+<div id="footer">
+<h5>
+Last update:
+$Id: index.html,v 1.10 2007/03/17 19:21:30 ahvezda Exp $
+</h5>
+</div>
+
+</body></html>
+
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