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On Jul 6, 2016, at 11:00 AM, Sabin Iacob (iacobs AT m0n5t3r DOT info) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:

> For my rare projects I tend to have a lib/symbols in the project dir and
> a local gafrc that inserts it into the search path; if I did it more
> often I would probably put in the effort to write a script to gather
> them, but my boards are rare enough that I just put up with the manual
> work when needed.

Yep. And then, I’ll keep a small shell window open in lib/symbols. Type “locate whatever.sym”, then “cp `!!` .” if I like the answer, or cut and paste the name if there’s more than one. A bit crude, but effective and less time consuming than a complicated GUI.

John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
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