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From: Roland Lutz <rlutz AT hedmen DOT org>
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On Sun, 12 Jul 2015, 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 onw usage.

Are you aware of Dan McMahill's cascade analysis program[0]?  It uses 
custom gEDA symbols ("Cascade simulation elements" in the default library) 
and an associated gnetlist backend (gnet-cascade.scm) to produce the 
analysis program's input files.

Actually, there is little code in libgeda/gnetlist which is specific to 
"electronic schematics" (in the lack of a better word).  Apart from naming 
conventions like "netname", it's IIRC just the fact that all components 
with a common refdes are treated as a single "package" during netlist 
generation.  (If you aren't using this feature, you'll have to set an 
individual refdes for each component.)

Roland


[0] http://rfcascade.sourceforge.net/