gEDA-user: gsch2pcb search path

[Kai-Martin Knaak <kmk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Cite from the most recent bug report filed by Peter B:
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At the moment, the paths used by gsch2pcb for accessing PCB footprints 
are fixed at compile time.This means that if the user installs a new copy 
of PCB to somewhere else in their path, gsch2pcb would need to be 
recompiled and reinstalled in order to be able to access the correct 
footprint libraries.
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Alternatively, the path can be given as an otion on the commandline:
gsch2pcb -v --use-files --skip-m4 --elements-dir $HOME/geda/footprints $1

Or as an option in the project file, like Bills tutorial suggests.

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gsch2pcb should be more intelligent about looking for PCB's installation 
directory etc. at runtime, in order to avoid this problem.
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It should look into ~/.pcb/preferences  and ~/.pcb/settings
And while it is there, it should also extract the default layer stack :-)

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Kai-Martin Knaak
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