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Peter:
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> I think the fundamental difference is that gEDA/gaf moved/moves away
> from using scheme scripting to Python, while lepton continues to center
> around scheme.
> 
> Both projects have relevant development, the basics should work fine in
> both, so personally I'd only consider lepton if I were a scheme fanboy
> (which I'm definitely not :) and choose gEDA/gaf otherwise.

Both projects should be fine, and you don't need to be a scheme fanboy
to be using lepton, and you don't need to be a c/python fanboy to use 
geda.

My very own experience is that the lepton developers have been helpful
with my small whishes. E.g. if I want to use *schem to make schematics
with currents and voltages indicated with lines and arrows, for 
inclusion into some doc. or paper, the arrow ends are much easier to
make nicely rendered in lepton.
Example rendering and readme in https://aspodata.se/electronic/arrow/

In reacent geda-gaf, a few things that was formerly allowed, now fails
or gets annoying error reports. Unfortunately I don't seem to be able
test old and new gschem i parallell (having both installed gives me
segfaults, in /usr/bin and /usr/local/bin) makeing it hard for me to
show this.

Regards,
/Karl Hammar