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Date:	Sat, 23 Jul 2016 18:50:05 +0200
From:	"Nicklas Karlsson (nicklas DOT karlsson17 AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" <geda-user AT delorie DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: [geda-user] Stay or go? I stay
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I stay. 

Schematics have been around for decades, gschem is a simple yet powerful tool to draw graphical representations of circuits.

Then come to editing rather small improvements are needed. Then it come to libraries and interfacing to others there is however a lot more to do. Graphical buttons to run gnetlist would be useful. Useful backends are: simulation, circuits board layout, VHDL, Linuxcnc and more.

On Sat, 23 Jul 2016 17:35:07 +0200
"Bert Timmerman (bert DOT timmerman AT xs4all DOT nl) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:

> James Battat (jbattat AT wellesley DOT edu) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
> > Dear gEDA folks,
> >
> > I’ve used gschem/pcb for several (modest) boards now, and love many things about it.
> > I do not love what I perceive to be deep friction and lack of cooperation among developers.
> >
> > It makes me wonder how long gschem/pcb will endure.  And therefore I must decide if, as a user, I should invest any more effort to learning the platform and building up custom footprint/schematic libraries, etc, or instead transition now to another platform.
> >
> > This may be an unfair question to ask on this forum, but here goes:
> >
> > What do you see as drawbacks to KiCad (wrt gschem/pcb)?  I’m on the fence about transitioning away from gschem/pcb.  Why should I stay?
> >
> > James
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >    
> Hi James,
> 
> John Doty is right in that gschem will not lock you into pcb.
> 
> gschem and gnetlist do give *you* the choice where to go for *your* next 
> step in the workflow *you* want to follow.
> 
> pcb is just one possible further step, and osmond, verilog, vhdl (ghdl), 
> gnucap or ngspice are other possible steps (see "man gnetlist").
> 
> Some users find this difficult ... to make there own choices.
> 
> Some users like this.
> 
> If you want a flexible tool set .... YMMV ;-)
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Bert Timmerman.

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