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Hello Alan,

> OK, so I'm a newbie.  When I copy downloaded symbols into the
> directory structure (/usr/local/share/gEDA/sym under OpenBSD)

Use a gafrc file in your home directory (~/.gEDA/gafrc) that contains
your personal configuration options. If you want to modify project
configuration options, then also put a gafrc in the project folder.

Put your downloaded symbols in a folder in your home directory or
project folder, so you can easily backup those symbols. Using a system
folder somewhere under /usr/... is a bad idea. As an example use this
in your gafrc: (component-library "~/.gEDA/symbols"). Place the
downloaded symbols in the symbol folder.

For more details read the wiki page that Stefan mentioned.

> is there something else I have to do, maybe analogous to mkfontdir to
> regenerate the indexes? 

When gschem is running and you copy new symbols in your private symbol
folders, click on the "reload" button (circular arrows) next to the
filter field in the "Select Component..." dialog.

> Do names have to be unique or only within directories?

Names need to be unique, the schematic does not store folder
information only component names.

 Bas
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