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Date: Tue, 07 Jul 2015 14:33:23 -0400
From: "Dave McGuire (mcguire AT neurotica DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" <geda-user AT delorie DOT com>
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On 07/07/2015 02:05 PM, DJ Delorie wrote:
>>   This is an excellent approach if done properly.  One might follow a
>> keyword-based "data sources" approach.  For example, a component library
>> search path might look something like this:
>>
>>   /usr/local/geda/symbols;mysql:<authinfo>:<dbname>:<tablename>;/foo/bar
> 
> Let's not reinvent *this* wheel too.  If we do anything other than
> "local directories", we should use URLs, which take care of all the
> path handling, authentication (for http/https, possibly others) and
> parameterization, and allow us to use plug-ins to add more handlers
> (like msql://), plus give us a protocol for transmitting data back and
> forth (when remote).
> 
> file:///usr/local/geda/symbols
> mysql://localhost/<dbname>?t=<table>&etc
> http://gedasymbols.org/symdb.cgi/74series/
> m4:/~dj/pcb/footgen.m4
> scheme:(gnetlist-spice-export)
> 
> etc

  That'd work too.  But nothing else I've seen (that I can recall
offhand anyway) has used URLs, and I have to believe there was a reason
behind it.  I myself am not opposed to it, even though URL syntax is
really quite gross.

             -Dave

-- 
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA