Re: gEDA-user: new components

[Peter Clifton <pcjc2@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 2010-02-02 at 11:53 -0600, Mark Rages wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 7:32 AM, Chris Cole <clecol@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >   Hey all,
> >   I'm new to the gEDA community (and fairly new to electronics in
> >   general), and I have a pretty simple question for the gurus. I was
> >   working on converting a PIC project schematic into gschem when I
> >   realized that none of the Microchip IC's I was using were in the
> >   component library. What's the standard procedure for this? Is it easier
> >   to mooch off an existing part or to create your own?
> >   Thanks,
> >     Chris
> 
> You are invited to use the interactive djboxsym editor on my website:
> 
> http://vivara.net/cgi-bin/djboxsym.cgi
> 
> I believe it is the easiest way to get a basic symbol for something
> like a microprocessor.

That is neat.

You might consider modifying your CGI to return the mime-type:

application/x-geda-symbol

That should make it show up with an icon when offering a download on a
gEDA installed system, (and possibly) open directly in gschem -
depending on your web-browser.

Best wishes,

Peter C.



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