Re: gEDA-user: gschem saving symbols

[Kai-Martin Knaak <kmk@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Josh Jordan wrote:

> Is it possible to load a symbol into a schematic, change it up, and 
> save it as another symbol?

yes.
Make sure, it is placed at a path, gschem knows about. This can be
modified in gafrc. A common setting is to include the current working 
directory:

/----------excerpt from gafrc--------------
; Allow to source symbols from the current working directory
(define current-working-directory ".")
(component-library current-working-directory "symbols in project dir")
(source-library  current-working-directory)
\-------------------------------------------

Also make sure, that the symbols name does not clash with existing names. 
Else, you have to worry about precedence.


> This would be straight-forward but when you edit a symbol from a schematic,
> it loads the original before it was modified so you have to make all of the
> modifications again.

You have to load the modified symbol instead.

1) type [i] to get the symbol chooser 

2) If you are still in the same session as during the save-as: click on the 
funny arrow to the right of the filter entry field. This will update the 
cache of symbols.

3) locate the new symbol

4) insert as usual.

If the change affects many symbols, it may be easier to change the symbol
name in the *.sch with text editing tools like sed or gedit.

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