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Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2015 14:16:20 -0500
From: John Griessen <john AT ecosensory DOT com>
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Subject: Re: developer excitement? was Re: [geda-user] gEDA/gschem still alive?
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On 07/12/2015 01:54 PM, Ouabache Designworks (z3qmtr45 AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
> If you could extract all of the gschem schematic code and move it into a separate module then any tool needing a graphics engine
> would only have to figure out how to rewire that module for their own usage.

When would this rewiring happen?  In code? Compile time? Make files? Not sure I understand you.

Do you mean redo the code parameters of the graphics part of gschem to handle other schematic-like uses?
That might get more interest...unless GTK+ is "sooo passe" they won't abide it.