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Subject: Re: [geda-user] gschlas - what does it do?
From: Gareth Edwards <gareth AT edwardsfamily DOT org DOT uk>
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On 19 December 2011 19:08, John Doty <jpd AT noqsi DOT com> wrote:
> On Dec 19, 2011, at 10:29 AM, DJ Delorie wrote:
>> "gschem load and save"
>>
>> Among other things, it allows you to embed (-e) all symbols in a
>> schematic, so you can put it on a web site without the user needing to
>> download lots of custom symbols.
>
> And that's very handy: even I, who thinks embedding symbols is *generally* a bad idea, use it for that purpose.
>
> It can also "unembed" symbols, but that doesn't mean what many expect. All that happens is that the symbols revert to library references. If a symbol doesn't exist in the project's library path, a broken schematic results.
>
> I don't think it can do anything else. I believe Ales intended to have it scriptable for other purposes, but never got the needed "round tuit".

Thanks, all, I can write something up based on this.

Cheers
Gareth