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Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2018 10:04:05 +0100
From: Chris Green <cl AT isbd DOT net>
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Subject: Re: [geda-user] gafrc, .gEDA, /etc/gEDA - documentation?
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On Sat, Apr 21, 2018 at 09:22:27AM +0100, Chris Green wrote:
> Is there anywhere that describes how these files work and what they do?
> 
> There's some information in the FAQ about gafrc, that seems to
> indicate that gafrc has to be in the directory where gsched (and other
> parts of geda?) is run.
> 
> Is there no way to have a default gafrc file for a user in the way
> that most Linux/Unix programs work, e.g. having a geda directory in the
> config area: ~/.config/geda
> 
> 
> Symbolic links from /etc/gEDA seem rather a bad way to provide local
> symbols as one would need root access and it's not easy to do on a
> per-user basis.
> 
> 
> Can one put customisation information in the .gEDA directory and, if
> so, is this documented?
> 
OK, I've found it, it's pretty well documented on:-

    http://wiki.geda-project.org/geda:gschem_ug:config

This answers just about all my questions above, I should have looked
harder before asking, sorry!

-- 
Chris Green