Re: gEDA-user: refdes and footprint not automatic from sym to sch

["Transistor Toaster" <transistortoaster@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> This seems to be an issue which confuses newbies. Confused about gafrc? Yes. I thought gnetlist is run at one point when I use the gsch2pcb utility. gnetlist uses gnetlistrc and gafrc. What I put was originally a gafrc and I added some lines from a gsch2pcb project config file. The gsch2pcb is complaining about possibly unbalanced parantheses, but I thought the syntax required one pair. Could you please edit my gafrc?
Thanks,

Frank

> > gafrc
> > -----
> > schematics /mnt/sda2/frank/geda_pcb/cti/cti.sch NOT NEEDED AT ALL, OR JUST TAKE OUT THE CTI.SCH?
> > elements-dir /mnt/sda2/frank/gEDAfrank
> > components-dir /mnt/sda2/frank/gEDAfrank
> > (component-library "/mnt/sda2/frank/gEDAfrank")  WHAT DO I DO ABOUT THE PARENTHESES?
> > output-name cti500a        NOT NEEDED?


On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:56:51 -0400 (EDT), "Stuart Brorson"
<sdb@xxxxxxxxxx> said:
> > In include my gafrc file. It probably has too many lines. Could you
> > please cut out the unnecessary ones?
> > Thanks,
> > Frank
> >
> > gafrc
> > -----
> > schematics /mnt/sda2/frank/geda_pcb/cti/cti.sch
> > elements-dir /mnt/sda2/frank/gEDAfrank
> > components-dir /mnt/sda2/frank/gEDAfrank
> > (component-library "/mnt/sda2/frank/gEDAfrank")
> > output-name cti500a
> 
> This is not a gafrc file.  I belive you are confused about which
> program needs which config file, and what the config files look like.
> Here's a summary:
> 
> gschem, gnetlist, gattrib, etc.
> Config file = gafrc.
> It contains scheme directives like this:
> (component-library "/mnt/sda2/frank/gEDAfrank")
> 
> 
> gsch2pcb:
> Config file = whatever you want to call it.  I call mine project.rc.
> It contains name/value pairs like this:
> schematics /mnt/sda2/frank/geda_pcb/cti/cti.sch
> elements-dir /mnt/sda2/frank/gEDAfrank
> components-dir /mnt/sda2/frank/gEDAfrank
> output-name cti500a
> 
> With these file names, the design flow is:
> 
> gschem cti.sch
> 
> gsch2pcb project.rc
> 
> pcb cti500a.pcb
> 
> 
> Stuart
> 
> p.s.  Note to developers:  Perhaps we should spend some time at the
> code sprint fixing gsch2pcb so that it uses the gafrc rather than its
> own config file.  This seems to be an issue which confuses newbies.
> Since we're gonna make gsch2pcb export PCB commands (a major change),
> now is a good time to implement this type of improvement also.  I'd be
> happy to take a stab at it.  Just MHO.
> 
> 
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